75-Challenge

Ashley Walters pov

We spent three days in that dorm room crying and consoling each other. My friend Evelyne hid the news to save my life.

I not only lost Justin but also the two boys who called me their sister. Their family.

Evelyne lost her boyfriend who was about to propose her. They were planning to get married after one year.

True to my word, I did not shed a single tear for Justin after that first day.

Mr. Matt had been asking me about the subjects I wanted to choose but I could not give him a confirmed

answer.

He arranged an apartment for us, and I decided to furnish it. We all got busy with its decoration.

“I have decided to resign from my job and stay here.” Aniya announced while putting wall hangings that we bought from a thrift store and I polished them myself, “So… Can I crash in for a few days until I find a place of my own?”

She pouted and blinked her eyes to look innocent.

“You are nuts. You are staying with me. Ok? You girls are forgetting something. I am a millionaire now. My plan was to accept twenty million from Justin and return forty million after four years.

I just could not wait to throw those forty million in his face. Had no idea, how I would do that. But I had to. To keep my sanity and my self–respect, I had to!

“Evelyne!” I went to Evelyne who was placing marble ware in the cabinets, “What are your future plans? I can lend you money. If you want, you can open a new ice cream parlor here.”

Her attention stayed on the job at hand of placing the items in the cupboards, “I have it covered, Ash. No more ice cream parlors now. I can’t work in any café without thinking of him.”

She said quietly and for some reason, it felt there was more to it. She was avoiding eye contact and I didn’t want to force her for anything.

had already done enough

café was insured!” I remarked but

about your subject selection. Why

“What?”

the way you transformed all this around.” She ran a gaze in the living room and attached kitchen, “Nobody can

shiver of excitement through my body. My friends were right. I always wanted to decorate a small place for

more presentable. I think one more problem

and closed her eyes, “I guess we

it was Aniya’s duty for cooking and as usual, she had managed to come up with an

felt our eyes on her, “Come on, Ash!

be a

I marched to her and picked up the cushion from the

sponges opened the

smaller!” She

also threw back her head and

minutes, I didn’t know what happened. But my laughter turned into hysteric cries of pain. Evelyne was beside me in a jiffy. She had also started crying.

it anymore. Aniya sat on the floor and hugged both of us. That afternoon we cried for Sam. We cried for Elijah.

I guess we all needed that outlet. It was not possible for us to

cry!” We heard Aniya’s gentle voice, “It’s okay to let the tears flow. You two are not weak. You are a rock.”

familiar voice rang in my ear, “You are

I cried harder!

“Be a lioness!”

“Kitten!”

tears. But once we were done, Aniya ordered pizza. We had our pizzas, drank beer, and

I could not do much about it except work on

was not Sarah Garner. I would never run after a boy who did not want me in his life. I hoped that I was able to make enough money to get back to Justin. For that, I

Four damn years.

to our rooms when the main

was standing wearing a red p–cap and a red

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