Chapter 3

3 Actually, Tiffany did come back once. She was drunk and called for me to pick her up. I found her in a VIP booth at a club, video calling Chad. She waved me over, "Tao, come here." She told Chad, "Let me introduce you, this is Tao, my boyfriend for six years."

Chad still looked bored. He gave me a once over, a few seconds.

Then, he smirked, "Tiffany, did you finally move on?"

Tiffany chuckled, "Yep. Why chase after you when I can have a loving and caring husband?"

Chad looked at Tiffany holding onto me and asked how long we'd been dating. I answered honestly, six years. Chad ended the video call, not even saying goodbye. Chad, the ever-so-proud Chad, had lost it. Tiffany's grip around my arm faltered slightly.

That night, Tiffany was cuddling next to me, but then she took a phone call. She came back, wrapped me in her arms and kissed me over and over. She was up all night, just staring at me. In the morning, her voice hoarse, she said, "Tao, this is the end for us."

I had been up all night, too. I'd heard her call. Chad had told her, without batting an eye, that he would be with her immediately, if she broke things off. I knew I wasn't as important to her as Chad. I just nodded, not wanting a big scene, and turned my back to her, sighing.

Tiffany wrapped her arms around me from behind. I could barely breathe, she held me so tight. She whispered in my ear, "Your cousin, Sarah Lu, there's news. She's not dead, she's got amnesia, overseas."

My whole body froze. I turned around, "Can you bring her back?"

Tiffany kissed me goodbye one last time. "I will. I owe you that much." The same day, she flew off to be with Chad. A few days later, I was reunited with Sarah. In the best hospital in the country, treated by the best specialists. She quickly recovered her memory, and remembered me. Sarah had been injured during a bombing while saving a child in a war zone. She hugged me the second she woke up, her soft voice in my ears, "These last ten years, you've suffered because I wasn't there."

My tears came instantly. The emptiness in my chest was filled.