Chapter 112 Dilemma

Nicholas Andrieux “Thanks for helping me. I can’t believe my ex stalked me,” she said as I gently disentangled my arm from hers. “Yeah, no worries. I’m just helping.” The music pulsed around us, lights flashing, people laughing and moving like they had nothing else in the world to care about. But my mind wasn’t here. I kept glancing around the club like a lunatic. Because for a moment—just a moment—I thought I saw her. Alicia. But maybe it was the lights, or my brain playing tricks on me. She wasn’t here. She couldn’t be. Right? The memory of our fight still played on loop in my head like some kind of punishment I couldn’t escape. “Besides, I never liked you either.” I don’t know why that words hit different than it should be. I didn’t feel anything when she first said that to me but now it meant something for me. Her voice pulled me back to reality. I turned to her—Melanie, I think her name was—and nodded. “Yes, I’m fine.” She smiled, then leaned in closer like we were