When Love Becomes a Cage by Nora

Chapter 216



"Back in the day, I thought we were all in this together, roommates and all, giving her the benefit of the doubt. I never imagined she'd still be up to no good after all these years!"

"Now that Clyde is vulnerable, she's swooping in like a vulture. How shameless can you get?"

Jade was trembling with anger, her hands turning ice cold.

But what really chilled me to the bone was realizing there was this side to Rachel I never knew existed.

I was aware Rachel and Clyde knew each other; after all, Clyde wasn't exactly short of female attention.

Back then, they both worked part-time at the campus diner, scraping together what they could.

I never saw any harm in their friendship.

In fact, I admired Rachel for her work ethic. In an age where everyone was too proud to roll up their sleeves, she was out there making an honest buck. That was more than most of us could say.

But the thought that there was more to her story with Clyde never crossed my mind.

"She's got a thing for Clyde?"

I looked at Jade, utterly baffled.

Jade smacked me on the head. "You're the last to know. Even Sean Murphy figured it out!"

"We were all in the same dorm. Who didn't see through her little schemes?"

think Clyde stopped working at the diner for no reason? It was all because she wouldn't leave

shook as she spat the

interject, but Jade shoved her

when it hit me: there was a whole chapter in Rachel's college life with Clyde that I

in our freshman year, we all worked together at the diner. Then Clyde quit, and

her, thinking the diner gig was a smart way to save on food and focus on

too low, and she wanted to pay off her student

epitomized self-reliance, practically covering her own

face was ashen, her grip

kept

up! You're lying, all of

it

away. "How many 'coincidental' meet-ups with Clyde? Clinging to him for lessons? He wasn't even a design major. What lessons could he give? And how many times did

good to you, buying

roommate and I have talked to you. Should we

Jade's voice grew louder.

and that's when I managed to suppress my shock, pulling Jade back. "Jade, enough, let's not do

kind-hearted, single mean bone

body. Otherwise, college..."

"Clyde, Clyde, what's wrong?"

voice cut

Clyde clutching his head, slowly

out some painkillers

this first, it'll help with