You Saved Me Once Book 1
Chapter 22: 11I’ll Miss You So Much
It was now the end of the week, and Friday came quicker than expected. For the whole week I ditched every class except photography, and instead did extra shifts at the Coast.
It was starting again, I’m losing myself, and the memories were coming back.
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It was about 5 months after Hayes, and his father had moved away. No one knew where they went, we all thought they would come back.
Months passed when we got the news that they moved to Hawaii. The news hit everyone hard. It got to my mother the most.
She started getting depressed, still wouldn’t let go of Mr. Bart-ley though.
I think it fueled her, fueled her long enough to keep her breathing. Even if he didn’t feel the same way.
She’d secretly call him every day. Even if that meant calling around and asking for him. He changed his numbers, not us.
I think deep down she knew the truth.
A year has passed without them, and my mother is now a smoker. She lives in her room, and barely eats.
She is hurt, she feels abandoned by Mr. Bartley. Most nights I hear her crying. It’s bad.
Maybe things went south, maybe Mr. Bartley and my mother had planned another life.
Another life, just the two of them.
Would she have left us behind?
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It’s a Friday afternoon, and I’m eating a popsicle while sitting on my car. Something hits me right in the face.
“Alex, throw the ball back over!” Adam shouts.
me, bounce on the pavement. The
holding my nose, in fear it
walk next door. I haven’t been over Hayes’s in years. Thankfully, it was just
they
hair was hanging over his face, he was drenched in sweat, and
“You could’ve just thrown it
me now, that’s great.”
me in the face, you’re missing a few more words.” I
that ball.” He says, they
both suck!” I say, then throw
“What the hell Alex! Hey, if you’re going to be like
know
“Who’s Jeff?” Hayes
I ask.
the party @ your
-Rochelle
meet some of my college
nose starts to bleed. Adam
totally deserve this anyways,
fine, just leave me
to the house, grab a kitchen towel, and
to breathe. I’m one to fear blood when I see it, it scares
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some-thing decent. Which for me meant, flared pants that covered my slip-pers. Followed by a crop top that said I HATE YOU in bold letters. The top is covered by
the kitchen I see her, and Hayes making
who is back together? I’ve missed
me
nose.” Hayes asks. I let go of Rochelle and