Chapter 4

Effie called her back almost immediately.

As soon as the call connected, Nita's anxious voice came through. "Effie, are you okay? Why didn't you answer earlier? Where are you?"-

"I'm fine, don't worry. I'm at home," Effie replied, trying to sound as casual as possible.

"That's a relief. By the way, is everything alright between you and Mitchell? He just called me, sounding completely frantic, saying he couldn't find you." Nita's tone was laced with suspicion.

Effie hesitated for a moment, then decided there was no point hiding the truth- Nita would find out sooner or later anyway. "Um... I need to tell you something, but you have to promise not to freak out."

There was a beat of silence on Nita's end, and then she replied, a hint of dread in her voice, "Okay, shoot. What happened?"

"I broke up with Mitchell. We're done, and he's got nothing to do with me

anymore. Oh, and he's with Suzan now." Effie said it calmly, finally able to face the situation without flinching.

say that jerk Mitchell is with that

to pull the phone a little away from her

firing off rapid-fire, machine-gun

witch! Seriously, are men so scarce that she

Mitchell, what a dog! Even rabbits know better than to mess in their own burrow! He knew perfectly well you and

working at E&M Group that she

heart swelled with gratitude for having such a fiercely loyal friend. The knot in

unscathed? Effie, come on you were the undisputed queen of our college! You could have any guy you wanted, and you wasted it on Mitchell-who,

even get me started on that bitch Suzan. Wasn't she always trying to play the innocent little angel? You should tear off

everyone know I couldn't keep my own boyfriend in check?" Effie sighed. "Honestly, I've

way too easy!" Nita

I'm not letting them get away with it.

itching to shine, and now it all made sense-Mitchell had been dropping hints about

the fastest way to

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