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Mom was getting ready to leave for work when she turned and looked at me. I look up at her and smile, "Have fun at work."

"Rossita, I am going to need you to start paying back Prinse. You can come do some cleaning at my job," she says. It had only been a few hours since I last saw him - 24 hours haven't gone by yet and I have to deal with this.

I sighed and she gave me a glare -- she wasn't having my nonsense, not today that is. "Our deal for you going was that you will pay him back."

"You shouldn't have let me go," I state.

"What is that supposed to mean? Rossita," she warns. "Do I need to take you to the clinic?"

She was already on the edge of having my neck, but no mom I didn't fuck Gomes, but I had thought of doing it so many times.

"Mom, please stop. I didn't indulge in any activities that could lead to that."

"Good. Get ready you're going to work with me."

"No," I cry out.

"What do you mean no?" She raises an eyebrow.

"I'll work at the diner with Chloe instead."

"Pay him at the end of this week." If only she knew that we aren't even talking. Arguments have been the foundation of his and I's relationship.

"Okay mom."

"I'll drop you at the diner, so go put on your shoes."

I ended up working till noon and left with Chloe to grab something to eat. "We could have just stayed at the diner and had something there," I tell her as she pulls up to a diner a few blocks away.

"I want to try out their new burger. I heard it's amazing," she says. She was seeming off and I wasn't liking it one bit. Hope she's not trying to be a match-maker so for her own safety Gomes better not be sitting in one of those boots waiting for us inside.

"Chloe." I pull her back. "He's not inside there, right?" I ask.

"What? No. I promise," she assures me. I let go of her arm and we both headed inside.

I wished she had lied. I wished that my eyes found his as he sat there waiting for me. That wasn't the case. She hadn't lied - he wasn't here.

I spotted Katelyn in a booth close to the window at the back. I waved as our eyes met.

"Let's go take our seat," Chloe says, dragging us to where Katelyn is seated.

"Wait, did Chloe bring you here?" I ask her, taking a seat opposite her.

"Yeah, but I wanted to come, get out of the house for a bit," she says.

We ended up talking for a good hour and thirty minutes before heading home. We planned to go to the beach after my shift tomorrow and I was glad. She was more exactly the person I needed right now, someone who didn't know Gomes.

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She was ten minutes too early so she ended up helping me clean up. "Let me say goodbye to Chloe and then we will be on our way," I tell her and she nods affirmatively. I walk to the back and grab my shoulder bag before letting Chloe know where I'll be and with who.

"I'm so glad we are doing this," I tell her.

"Me too," she admits.

We step out of the car and move to the changing room. It was easy being around her, there was no pretending and that comforted me.

"Why don't you go find a spot for us and I'll grab us some food," she says and we part ways as she turns to walk towards the shopping huts.

I found a spot a bit further away from the crowd, but it was perfect. I laid the two towels on the dry sand before sitting down.

Katelyn had been gone for a good five minute and I was starting to worry that maybe she wouldn't find me.

Hey, I'm at the far end of the beach _Rossita

I drop my phone next to me as I wait for it to vibrate to her response.

"Umm... Rose?" I heard him from behind me. I already knew who it was as I turned around to look at him.

"Hi," I say. We hadn't spoken in such a long while. He looked good -- I'm only looking with innocent eyes. He watched as I watched him and we both sort of smiled. He moved closer to me. "May I sit?" He asked.

"When did you start asking?" I raise my eyebrow.

"Since you left me." He kneels before sitting next to me. You could feel the tension, we had become strangers and so did my feelings for him.

"How have you been... with him?" He turns to look at me as I take in a deep breath.

"Do you really want to know?"

"Well, I sort of did ask, didn't I?" He lets out a chuckle.

"Wait-" I hold his stare, glaring into his soul. "Did he send you?"

"Who? Prinse?" He laughed, his head thrown back as he brushed his hair to the back. "No one sent me, Rose."

"Oh, so you haven't spoken to him?" I asked.

"What should I speak to him about? My ex that he is now dating? I don't think so."

"I thought you guys worked things out."

"No, we did, but we are not going to call each other as if we are going back to being best friends," he lets me know.

"Right," I mutter.

"Are you happy, Rose?" He asked me.

"No." I turn to look at him. "I'm not happy, but I don't know what to do about it."

"So I'm guessing you guys are not in a good space right now."

I nod. I could feel the tears waiting on me to fall but not in front of him, please.

"He doesn't deserve your tears, neither did I." He leans in, cups my cheek and then slowly moves his face closer to mine. He kisses the corner of my lip "You need to remember that he's the one that is lucky to have you," he whispers, and then backs away.

"Was that Zack?" Katelyn asks, handing me my fries. He had just left a minute ago.

I nod affirmatively. I was glad we had spoken. It wasn't forced, we were two ex-lovers meeting again, but this time there was no sexual tension. We spoke like two people who still cared about one another and wished nothing but pure happiness for each other. And it was comforting to feel reassured because Yes Gomes, you are lucky to have me.

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