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Prologue
"Fuck off, you dickwad!"Alice bites out. "You're lucky we're in public, or I wouldn't be so civil."
For such a petite girl, my best friend can be quite menacing, and she packs a mean punch. The dickwad in question, James, tries to play innocent, but I've had it with his games, and so have my friends.
"You've got some nerve coming here with your new tramp," Alice continues, shooting daggers at the redhead by his side, whose necklace spells Vicki. "You know we're here every Friday for cocktails!"
"It's a free world, sweetheart," he has the audacity to point out.
"And you're free not to flaunt your new piece of ass in front of your supposed ex," my other friend Rosalie lectures him. "Does she know you've been sleeping with Bella after you broke up? I recall you doing the walk of shame from our apartment last Sunday," she emphasizes, to which Vicki visibly pales.
I take some satisfaction in knowing he's been playing her as well, but this whole incident has extinguished my enjoyment of the evening out, as well as made me nauseated.
"Can we just go? I ask my friends. "I'm not in the mood to be humiliated."
My girls immediately flank me and gather our purses.
As we move toward the exit, I call over my shoulder to Vicki to enjoy it while it lasts. The last glance I see of them is Vicki tearing into James, undoubtedly about what Rosalie just revealed.
Alice is quick to hail a cab, and thankfully keeps her composure until we're in its backseat. She spends the ride home ranting about how worthless James is, that he's a cad for stringing me along, and that I'm better off without him. Rosalie is silently fuming beside me, but I'm just numb.
A/N This is the start of a new story that's been playing on my mind lately. I'll post chapters as I finish them, so there won't be a set schedule. If you'd like to keep up-to-date, just hit that follow button!