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𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎.
BEN HARDY HAD WISHED THAT SEDATING THE MATTERS TO SLEEP WOULD DEPRIVE HIS GUILT, but hell was he wrong. A torturous headache still reconnoitered on the back of his mind, and now his chest felt heavy as well, scrutinizing sadly at the fallow space next to him.
Did Bethany leave? Did she eventually realize that he was never worthy of her time?
If that was the case, Ben would let her go. The look reflected on Bethany's face last night was enough to make him feel like he had taken advantage of her all this time, she did not deserve it all for sure. However, if she was willing to wait for a little bit longer, Ben had made a promise to himself that he would forget Shanessa and gave Bethany as much as she deserved.
He only needed more time, and probably a closure.
"Bee?" And to say Ben was surprised to see the woman still under the same roof as him was understandable. He would smile, wide, if only Bethany was not in such a state.
There was no dint of indulgence on Bethany's facial feature, it was unreadable but emitted sundry conundrums. "I — I can't do this anymore."
Swallowing the lump on his throat, Ben took a few steps forward prudently. "What?"
"I have to tell you something."
"What is it?" Ben inquired, though his heart was accelerating rapidly, he didn't expect much from her. "Did I do something? If yes, I'm so sorr—"
Another singularity heaved in sight as tears flooded Bethany's olive green eyes, yielding himself to get worse because he had no idea what was really happening. Bethany shook her head lightly, trailing her gaze downward. "It's not you, it's us."
"Us? What do you mean?"
When silence engulfed the aerial, nothing good ever came out. There was always a hurricane behind the languor, which surely one of them would be maimed afterward. In this case, the pair might experience it together, but whether they would be a remedy for each other, it still stayed an enigma.
There was a long pause between the two and Bethany was honestly grateful he didn't press her to dispense everything out all at once. "The whole Bumble situation, I wasn't involved from the start."
"What—?"
"I wasn't the original Bumblebee, Ben."
The gravity seemed heavy around them as another silence bounced back and forth between them. It had been quite a long time for Ben to even perturb his brain to work faster and remember what or who Bumblebee was. Then, it clicked. Another get-away Ben chose to allay his misfortune. "Who is it then?"
"Who do you think it is?" Bethany shot back, a lone tear rolled down her cheek. "The girl confessed to you about being kissed under the mistletoe, she had a crush on someone but her crush only saw her as a friend, their friendship became rocky afterward, hell, she lived in the same building as her." Bethany sucked a deep breath before she wiped her tear harshly. "Sounds familiar? I don't know if you're being oblivious or just stupid in general, but I'm pretty sure you can connect all the dots from there."
For a brief moment, Ben got stray in the unexpected epiphany as his arid lips parted open, eyes widening slowly in realization. "Don't tell me—"
"Yes, Ben. It was her," Bethany confirmed, her voice wavered. "It was Shanessa."
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𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚐𝚎.
Ben
We need to talk.
DELIVERED
Ben
Please.
DELIVERED
Ben
I won't stop texting you
until I get one reply!!!!!
DELIVERED
Ben
I'm serious, Nessa.
SEEN
Nessa
What do you want?
Ben
Tell me Beth's lying.
Nessa
How should I know?
I haven't talk to her
in ages.
Ben
Tell me you weren't
the Bumblebee.
Nessa
I don't know what
you're talking about
Ben
Please, stop with that
bullshit!
Ben
So, this whole time when
you said you were kissed
by your crush under the
mistletoe and you were
disappointed because he
only thought of you as a
friend, you referred to us?
Nessa
What
Ben
Re-read what I just typed.
Nessa
Where is this all
coming from?
Ben
It doesn't matter,
just answer the question.
Nessa
You didn't ask me anything.
Ben
Ben
Are you the Bumblebee?
Nessa
What even is Bumblebee?
Ben
Don't play dumb!
Ben
God, I should've known.
Everything you told me
that time was based on
what happened to us
Ben
That was why we could
relate to each other a lot
Nessa
I haven't even confirmed
I was this Bumblebee
you're talking about!
Ben
Oh, so tell me then,
was it Tom? Because
I know damn well he
wasn't with us that
Christmas night.
Nessa
You know what, go imagine
me as this Bumblebee as you
wish, I don't care anymore.
Nessa
Stop texting me.
Ben
So, that's it then?
Ben
You don't even want
to admit this before
you tie the knot?
Nessa
I'm not risking my marriage
over this trivial matter, Ben.
Ben
And I'm not risking my
relationship with Beth
over this as well, Nessa.
Ben
But, I just need closure.
Ben
Yes or no, that's all.
Nessa
Oh, fuck it.
ERASED
Nessa
It's not like his feelings will
change, and plus I'm getting
married anyway.
ERASED
Nessa
Yes.
Ben
Why didn't you tell me?
Nessa
And why does it matter
to you now?
Ben
Because I like you too.
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AUTHOR'S NOTE.
Oh yes, we're almost
done with this book!