Madeline:
“How are you? I’ve been missing you so much. The moment I heard you were coming, I canceled all my meetings and rushed straight to see you,” she uttered happily.
Yuvonne wrapped her arms around him, smiling warmly as she looked at his face.
I noticed a hint of hesitation in Baxter’s posture, probably because he knew what he had done.
“How are you?” he asked awkwardly, struggling even to greet her properly. He must have realized that I had already met her, and it seemed he was caught off guard to see her here.
“I’m fine now that you’re here,” she replied happily.
The more I watched them interact, the more it felt as if my entire body was on fire and my skin had been burned away.
The only reason for that feeling was simple, he used to be my best friend.
I remembered how my
