FORTY EIGHT

Prince

Trusting people is never easy. But when you put faith in someone, betrayal is the last thing you expect from them. You expect them to have your back, not wanting to put your wife on her back! This hurts so much; I haven’t even touched my coffee and bagel since morning. The hunger in my stomach was filled by rage, hatred, hurt, and betrayal. It was one of those moments. I tried retracing my steps in order to see where I went wrong in all those years. We were friends, but I couldn’t, because I have been a damn good friend, and now I felt as if there was no one I could trust. Not even Henry who sat in front of me staring without saying a word. If my best friend can betray me like this, who won’t? I sat up and clasped my hands together.

“You don’t need to be here Henry.”

“I am your friend.”

I scoffed.

“I feel offended, but I won’t allow you to drink that bottle of tequila like it’s a bottle of sprite,” he said signaling to the half-finished bottle on the table. “Because when yo