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“So nothing! I broke rules I betrayed all three of you”

Lincoln shrugged “Seems to me you didn’t really betray anybody”

“Are you even listening to me?” I practically shouted “I can’t decide! I just can’t make a decision, so I called you all down here to make it for me That’s how shitty a person I am That’s hoardly I—”

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nbsp; “You could’ve dated us all,” said Donovan “We wouldn’t have known That would’ve been the act of a shitty person But rather than hurt us, you brought us here to explain”

Brody and Lincoln nodded “Hey, at least you were honest about it,” my classmate said “I mean, you could’ve easily—”

“But I’h to reject anyone, so I’ you do it”

“More like you’re putting it all out in the open,” Lincoln disagreed “This is total transparency, Holly You’re laying everything bare”

I sat back in my chair, totally stunned Are they crazy?

“Look,” said Donovan “You obviously brought us here with an end goal in o”

“Yeah,” Brody jumped in “What exactly did you expect us to do?”

“I— I don’t know!” I practically shouted “Get ured someone would drop out Or walk out And maybe someone else would back away”

The guys looked at each other and laughed I couldn’t believe it

“Maybe I expected one of you to fight the other,” I said “Shit, I don’t know Maybe I expected to lose you all”

“Is that what you wanted?” Lincoln asked