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SATURDAY 9:15 AM

Good morning?
I guess you've unblocked me anywhere.
Thanks.

You don't have to thank me.

Uh... why?
And why did you call yesterday and hang up right away?

I think you deserved to know the truth.

Oh yeah?
Why now?

Because I am embarrassed by the truth.

And why?

I'm still mad at you for not meeting me,
but I guess I also made a mistake on my part.

I'm curious...

You thought I have a boyfriend, right?

Yeah...

I have no boyfriend.
Just like what I've said before,
I've got no boyfriends-ever.
And this is me telling the truth,
because I'm tired of keeping it to myself.

Oh, okay...
But that's not all, Amelia.
Someone called me, who was that?

After a few days,
I just found out that it was my brother.
It's the truth and he found my phone on the center table,
and he saw you calling and he thought about pranking you,
then he never said anything after.
And you believed it, right?
'Cause I also didn't know he would do that.

Yeah.
Though it happened two times, Amelia.
The day before our meet-up.

Oh... so that's why you bailed on me.
I still remember my phone was with my little cousin that time,
My brother was there too.
There was a birthday and we were all there to celebrate.
My cousin talked to my brother because you called,
and he also called you to stop so my cousin can continue to play on my phone.

I see.
I get it now.
What a relief, I guess?
And why are you embarrassed?

Because I pushed you away not knowing the real reason at all.
The fault is on my part,
and you thought I was playing you.
So I'm sorry, Noah...

We're both sorry for what happened, Amelia.

I know.
And I still don't understand
why you were there but never come to see me.

I thought I was ready,
and finding out something about you,
held me back from meeting you.
So I just ran away... basically not to hurt myself.

But you did hurt me too.

I know, and I'm sorry about that.

It's okay, but I know you're happy now.
We all moved on from the past right?
Good to see you smiling again.

Huh?

I'll just let everything unblocked, Noah.
We can still be friends though it would
be a long way to go back the same way it was before.

Oh... okay, Amelia.
Cool...