Rachel dragged me to the small garden bench outside the hospital.

She plopped down with a sigh and patted the spot next to her, "Have a seat."

I reluctantly took the far edge, keen on keeping a buffer zone between us.

She glanced my way.

"Melanie, you're infuriatingly beautiful, even with a wig."

Her random comment threw me off, and I didn't quite know how to respond.

But she didn't seem to expect a reply, instead, she gazed up at the sky.

"Reminds me of our first day at college, kinda overcast, but oddly comforting. Melanie, I was the first person at school to meet Clyde. The very first, no one knew him before I did."

There was a hint of pride in her voice, a sparkle in her eyes.

Back in our dorm, she always seemed a bit out of place, and I hardly knew anything about her.

Just that her family wasn't well-off, she relied on scholarships and student loans, even signing up for work-study programs from day one.

Clyde had shared a train

probably didn't even remember, but he had helped a girl struggling with her luggage on the platform, and that girl fell hard for

ends meet. He was always so cheerful and charming, always carried

gaze

then you showed up, and

had

we were roommates, I,

pulled some strings

saw it as me

it felt like

the

face.

around skin care products worth hundreds, while my monthly allowance is barely

nothing, tossing

boiled over, and she stood

damned dad sponsor Clyde, just to steal

want to

but guess what, I worked hard, I got my own sponsor, I don't have to worry about

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