Chapter 13
Although even if I’d stayed in town, I wouldn’t have gone anyway.
The night of Tanner’s celebration party, he was clearly spiraling, borrowing other people’s phones to harass me
nonstop.
At first he was asking where I was, then after calling multiple times, he realized I wasn’t just running late–I wasn’t coming at all.
He absolutely lost his fucking mind.
Even his mom finally noticed something was wrong and called to fish for information.
“Drielle, sweetie, did you and Tanner have a fight?”
“How come you haven’t stopped by since you got back from your trip? Are you upset with me too?”
“When you get back, I’ll straighten that boy out myself. Don’t be mad, honey–you two still need to head to Atlanta together for school. I’ve already bought you a whole skincare routine and dorm essentials…”
The maternal concern in her voice made my chest tight. She had no idea her precious son was a lying piece of shit.
“I’m not angry, Mrs. Whitlock. You don’t need to worry about that–my mom already got everything ready.” “We really do have a family emergency. I’m not even in New York right now…”
was mid–explanation when I heard the phone being violently snatched away.
Drielle, you’re fucking ruthless.”
“One of the biggest nights of my life, and you ghost me with some pathetic excuse.”
“What’s your endgame here? We’ve known each other for eighteen years–not eighteen months, not eighteen days. Does that mean nothing to you?”
The entitlement in his voice made me want to scream.
I was just walking out of Grandma’s hospital room, heading back to the hotel completely drained.
I was running on fumes and had zero tolerance for his melodrama.
“Tanner, congratulations on getting everything you wanted. I have a family emergency, so I can’t make it…”
Before I could finish, he went nuclear.
“There’s a fucking limit to how long you can throw a tantrum, okay? How many days has this been? How many
Bye Bye Lovesick Puppy: No Longer Chasing Your Glow, I Became My Own Sun
Chapter 13
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