章 120: CIGARETTE

Jason

Mel is lying to me.

And I caught her in that lie.

It hurts that she's not being one hundred with me when all I've been is one hundred with her. I've had my suspicions for a while but I thought I was paranoid. Now, I realize that trusting my gut is more beneficial. It is never wrong.

I know what it feels like to be abandoned by someone you love.

That was what she told me back when we were on that twelfth grade retreat. When I cruelly teased her last year about her dad leaving, I never really had concrete evidence. I was basing my taunts on rumours spread throughout the school. Judging by her reaction, the rumours were true.

She further corroborated this in one of our conversations by saying that her dad left when she was seven. (Now, I see the fucked up reason why). Mum shed more light and said it was around that time that she broke up with him and that he ''disappeared'' without a trace.