One of the few people who had ever tried to understand me had gone. Blinded by my anger, I blamed Sophie for sending away my friend. Whatever had happ...ned was her fault, and she had to fix it. She said she couldn't; it was over, and I told her I hated her for it. My only concern was me, me, me. It hurt me so much and I will never forget the pain I felt at what I thought had been Sophie's betrayal. We've made up now, but looking back I was such a selfish little bitch.A few days later I came. .. or something different." Why don't we take a vote? See what they want?"I agreed. I went out to the front of the shop and gathered the three young people together."We've decided to have a Christmas party for the shop and we were wondering what we should order for food. We can do sandwiches, or Chinese, or Mexican, or who knows. Everyone gets a vote, so speak up." I'm for Chinese," Jimmy said immediately."I'm good with that," Red said quickly."Fine with me," Jana said.Well, that's a majority. Slowly and gradually, we started exploring things on our own. It was my birthday the next day and I went to her home to receive my birthday gift. She was alone as her parents were visiting the nearby town for a marriage and were to return only the next day morning. I reached her home at around 11 am and planned to stay there until the evening.She opened the door and I could do nothing but to gaze at her. In her mother’s absence, she had dressed to kill.Ahna was wearing a pink and white colored. If he can't keep me any other way, he'll do it by force. Pompous jerk!"Her voice gave away her position, just a few feet away. "You two had an argument?" He's pissed that I seduced the lawn boy."What? How do you respond when a stranger says that? "You did?" My eyes became acclimated to the darkness. She was a lot more than a shadow. Perfection like hers wasn't natural, at least in my experience. And all women had a flaw. Ella's seemed to be control."He's not a 'boy' boy. He's in college. When.