Alexander
If I had to say things that weren't true, as long as she confessed, I was going to do it. I was already here, I came for this…
I subtly took a breath and replied:
"They're no different from me, enjoying life as if the people around them were trash."
She nodded and placed her wine glass on the table.
"Exactly! That's what I think… They, they just appeared happy everywhere. Smiling, holding hands… As if nothing had happened, as if I had never existed, as if I hadn't given my life for that company Ethan is with now…"
I listened without interrupting, because I knew she was already talking to herself.
"I couldn't stand it… I couldn't, and every magazine was worse, every photograph, every interview… Every damn news story."
Her fingers tightened on her glass.
"So… Maybe I didn
