Lost Me Gained Regret

Chapter 9

Knowing Bryant was waiting for me, the last thing I expected was to find someone else in the passenger seat, especially someone who was supposed to hitch a ride, Margaret, sitting there as if she belonged..

I was on the verge of turning around and

Bryant with an outstretched hand. “Kaving, but reason held me back. I approached

Without a word, Bryant handed them over.

I circled the front of the car and slid into the driver’s seat, catching Margaret’s stiff and surprised expression. I couldn’t help but smirk. “What’s the big deal? You’re practically Bryant’s sister. Hitching a ride is the least of our worries.”

Then, leaning over to glance at Bryant still outside, I called, “Come on, get in. Timothy must be waiting.”

The drive was eerily silent like we were trapped in a tomb.

Margaret tried to strike up a conversation with Bryant but gave up, probably because it was awkward to turn back constantly.

Sensing my discomfort, Bryant suddenly handed me a bottle. “Mango juice, your favorite.”

I took a sip, grimaced, and handed it back. “Too sweet for me. You have it.”

sour flavors, a departure from my past self who’d eat anything not to waste it.

accepted it back, no further questions asked.

with complexity. “Passing back a drink you’ve sipped? You know, that’s not very clean. You could spread all sorts of bacteria

even more danger sleeping in

what I was implying and retorted, “I didn’t realize you two were still so close, even after all these

much?” Bryant shot back

was, the usual banter between them. Margaret snarked back,

cares” Bryant retorted.

of someone who, on his wedding night, heard I was

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he sharply cut her

before the crosswalk, my heart

hurt and confusion flooded jn, tinged with the bitter realization of Bryant’s absence on our wedding night, a night he had vanished after a mysterious

begun on rocky grounds, with many

that moment, Margaret’s offhand comment had reopened that wound

feeling like the

never told Jane? My bad,