Chapter 22

GABRIEL

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The decision to look for Tiffany had come with many feelings of its own. At first, it felt like exactly what I had been looking for. It felt like the perfect chance to annoy Emily, even more than how I was annoying her by being friends with Harry. Me knowing someone who was annoying her and also knowing why she was such a sore spot in her relationship with Harry felt like a win for me.

But the feeling of guilt that had crept up when Emily and Harry had fallen into my trap crept up again as well. I felt bad that I didn't want to know Tiffany for the sake of knowing her but it was only because I wanted to use her as a pawn in my schemes. I felt bad for Harry and Emily too, that I was planning to use Tiffany against them, to make my presence in their life even more uncomfortable than it was.

I had to be smart about it, though. If I played about it the wrong way Harry could very well stop being friends with me, and I would lose what I had been working for, all while being stuc