Maybe it'd be too much,
she thought.
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The ring was a tad bit on
the large side... it might look gaudy.
"So, when am I going to meet him?" sounded a question from behind the woman.
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Hati turned toward the
speaker; "Hmm. who?" The question had come completely out of the blue, and
she had been in her thoughts.
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Sebille never raised her
eyes from the book as she clarified the question: "That boyfriend of yours
that you've been hiding for months."
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"Oh, him. You won't."
"Won't?"
She'd completely forgotten about that.
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Turning back to the ring
she continued; "I left him."
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Her friend sat up
straight, losing all interest in the book; "What? Why?" Curiosity glimmered
in her eyes.
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She'd have to talk about
it now, wouldn't she?. And unlike on any normal day, the woman wasn't really
in a mood for gossip.
Hati sighed, turning back to her friend, "I just..."
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"I didn't see it going
anywhere."
"But..."
"It wasn't anything serious, so don't worry about it."
Normally she would've brought him to meet Sebille, but she'd been sort of
down due to the situation with her hurband. And Hati hadn't wanted to brag
about her new partner when her friend wasn't doing well herself.
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"Okay." Sebille didn't
really have anything to say about the situation anyway. She'd never met the
guy and Hati did have a tendency to leave her relationships before they got
serious. It probably had something to do with that marriage mess years ago.
"But... if you're not going to see him... Who are you meeting? I haven't
seen you so dressed up in a while."
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"I... I'm not dressed up."
"Right."
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She turned back to the
mirror, feeling flustered, although she didn't quite know why.
Wasn't a girl allowed to look nice for herself?
"He's just a friend."
"Oh, really?"
"Yes. Really." |
He was just a friend...
wasn't he.
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