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13 · The Way To Mend A Broken Heart?

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13 · The Way To Mend A Broken Heart?

When it came to people hurting me personally, I could learn to brush it off and simply ignore them the rest of my life without fighting back. When others hurt the people I cared most about, that was another story.  

A completely different story.

Occupying the back lot of Soulatte Café, I held my friend as she tried to compose herself from her endless tears. I wiped Mikaela's tears away with my hands before I ended up taking the tissues from the café's bathroom. Eric wouldn't mind missing a few. 

As I stayed with her, I was close to losing it myself. Mikaela just told me that Trevor Greene had been cheating on her. To make the whole situation worse, she caught him during the act. As much as I wanted to hurdle over to Trevor and teach him a thing or two, supporting Mikaela was the only thing I had in mind. 

Someone as strong and lively as Mikaela O'Connor should never be treated this way. It disgusted me because Trevor just made the biggest mistake in his life. 

Wiping her tears away, I gave her a genuine smile. "Hey, it's going to be all right. Just let it all out."

Mikaela nodded sluggishly until she ridiculed herself, "I should have known! How… how could I let him d-do this to me?"

I shook my head. "No, listen to me. Trevor's a lying scum who will rot in hell. It's not your fault." 

Pulling her into a hug, Mikaela sobbed as her shoulders continuously bopped up and down.  

Swallowing the huge lump down my throat, I grew furious. The last thing I wanted was the people I cared about most to get hurt. Witnessing Mikaela in heartbreak because of her boyfriend's repulsive actions placed an empty void in my stomach. Rubbing her back as I hugged her, I only wished for Mikaela to stop crying about the matter.  

The jerk wasn't worth her tears. 

Trying to hush her down, I reminded, "Mikaela, I hate seeing you like this. It breaks my heart so much. Trevor's going to regret what he did." 

Once we broke off from the hug, Mikaela started to wipe her face with the soft tissues I handed her. She sniffled, but she wasn't crying as bad anymore. Helping her wipe away the tears she missed, Mikaela's blue-green eyes looked up gratefully to mine. At the same time, sorrow was hidden beneath them.  

In a perfect world, Mikaela would be able to brush this off, and we'd all live on happily without Trevor Greene. This wasn't the ideal world though. It pained me because there was only so much I could do. 

After a moment of silence, Mikaela's voice went hoarse. "You… want to know the worse thing though? Not seeing him with that girl, but the fact I broke down in front of them. I cried… I cried, Olivia. I looked like some hopeless loser, crying because she found her boyfriend cheating on her. I should have just laughed at his face… show him that he was the stupid one, but it didn't go that way. God, I l-looked like a dumb ass!" 

As she recalled back to those events, Mikaela bit her lower lip harshly to prevent herself from bursting into tears again. She shook her head side to side before she faced the opposite direction. 

While Mikaela was trying to recompose herself, I reached out to her. "Don't bring yourself down. You were upset, and as much as we don't want to, we sometimes have to cry when we're upset. It doesn't make you any weaker though. I won't let Trevor get away with this."