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Chapter 10 [Secret Note]

No one had woken me that morning, not even Kloppman. I woke up to an empty room, with no sign of the boys being there other then their wretched stench. I'm pretty sure Jack didn't come home that night, I don't know for sure, but I woke up feeling absolutely dreadful. Wishing I could just drown myself in my sorrows.

I sat up in my bed, stretching my arms and moaning loudly. I then proceeded to put my feet on the cold wooden floor and then sighed loudly as I hung my head low and turned my mundane brown eyes to the ground.

The corner of a piece of paper stuck out from under the bed next to mine. Not using my better judgment I bent down to my knees and picked up the piece of paper then sat down on my bed again, crawling under the covers with the note I had so mysteriously found under Jack's bed.

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Jackie,

I still can't believe you! I can't believe you would dump me after ONE day of meeting that pathetic excuse of a female. Did you actually look at her Jack? Come on, you can do so much better! You can have me. Do you have any idea how many guys would kill to have me?

Yet still I want you. What's wrong with me? You dump me for the most ordinary looking doll you can find. No she's not even a doll; she's a dog!

What is so special about her Jack? I just don't understand what does she have that I don't? Does she have these big brown eyes that you fell in love with me for? NO! There is nothing special about her Jack! Why can't you see that? The rest of the boys see it; I talked to most of them and they agree with me, dog.

I love you Jack and I'm still willing to take you back if you forget about her and come back to me. Well, maybe if you beg.

I know for a fact that you aren't getting from her what you'd be getting from me… take that one under consideration Cowboy.

Yours Truly,

Sarah

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My jaw dropped as it struck me that Sarah Jacob's was still in the picture. What if Jack went crawling back to her after I had broken his heart? Those few lines in her letter just kept coming back to me. That word, "ordinary". Seemed to describe me in a nutshell, I'd heard that word more times in my lifetime then I'd heard the word "the". For the first time since I had arrived in Manhattan there weren't tears dwelling in my eyes as I realized that I wasn't upset by what Sarah had said about me.

Those words didn't hurt me any longer; they didn't hurt me because Jack learned to look beyond my imperfections. He loved me despite my plain looks and he saw the real me shining through. No one had ever done that before, the only people in the entire world that had ever made me feel special were my parents and now Jack. Those words couldn't hurt me any more…

I was angry as I realized that I might have just lost all of that because of Spot, Spot might have ruined the first good thing that has ever happened to me. I got up out of the bed and shoved the note in my sweater pocket. I then slipped on my worn shoes and pulled on my wrap. I felt my other pocket for my father's money and with that I left the LH.

I passed Kloppman at his desk and he smiled a great big smile as I walked by, avoiding conversation I waved politely and quickly walked to the door.

The wind stung my cheeks but I kept going, determined as I headed out towards my only destination.

Brooklyn.