NINETY-NINE

*VALENS*

“I promised you would feel my wrath, didn’t I?” I looked down at the girl I once called my friend. I looked down at the girl that I once favoured. She made numerous sacrifices for me. She fought for me and with me but at the end of the day, she did not know not to mess with me.

“I have prayed for forgiveness,” she said, looking up at me. “I have prayed away my sins. At this point, Vee, I don’t care what you do to me.” She sat down, her feet trapped underneath her.

“If you had not come back, I would not have known. Do you know what you took from me?” Why did I quiz her still?

I wanted to reconcile the Clover I used to know with the one before me. I wanted to see if there was anything left of the other girl, a person to mourn, perhaps. I never loved her the way she wanted me to but I loved her. She was my friend. My confidant. Now, she was my enemy.

“How do you even know the child was yours?” She looked up at me. “All I ever wanted was to protect you, Vee.”

“No, you wanted