I Was Working Late, He Was Eating My Food and Falling for My Best Friend Chapter 08

I Was Working Late, He Was Eating My Food and Falling for My Best Friend Chapter 08

She had jumped from the tenth floor.

An awning above the first floor broke her fall and saved her life. But both legs suffered

comminuted fractures. The doctors said she would never walk again.

The news still hurt. Losing a friendship after ten years could break your heart just as thoroughly as

losing a relationship.

It was not that I felt nothing. I simply did not know how to face her.

A week later, Mom finally spoke up.

“You can’t avoid her forever, Annie. You were friends for a long time. Go see her.”

So I went to the hospital’s intensive care wing.

Before I reached Lily’s room, I heard her screaming

“Get out, Ethan! I don’t want your pity.”

“Why did they save me? I have nothing left. Why did this happen to me?”

Her voice dissolved into sobs.

“If you didn’t love me, why were you so good to me? Why did you call the police? Why did you save

me?”

Ethan’s answer was muffled by the door.

“I only thought that since you were Annie’s friend…”

“You made me believe there was something between us. If you didn’t love me, you never should

have treated me that way.”

“Now I’m crippled. Are you happy? Get out.”

A moment later, Ethan opened the door. His eyes brightened when he saw me.

“Annie, what are you doing here?”

“I came to see her. You should leave.”

The light in his eyes vanished.

I thought I was prepared, but Lily’s appearance still shocked me. Bandages covered her head. Her

face was bruised and streaked with antiseptic. Both legs were elevated in traction above the bed.

She gave a cold laugh.

“Enjoying the view? I’ll never compete with you for Ethan again. I couldn’t even die properly. Now I

have to live like this.”

She glared at me with rage and resentment.

“But after today, I never want to see you again. Tell me, Anna. Why did I lose?”

I looked at her quietly. She had hidden this side of herself well.

“Lily, I never wanted to compete with you.”

Her anger flared.

“Stop pretending. You only kept me around because standing next to me made you look better.”

Her voice rang through the room.

I realized I had never understood our friendship either.

“You were the one who asked to sit beside me in middle school,” I said.

She went still.

“I had no friends then. You came to me. You showed me what friendship felt like. You shared parts

of my life that even Ethan could never reach.”

“I know you hate me. I didn’t come here expecting us to make up. I came to tell you one thing.”

I held her gaze.

“I do not regret being your friend.”

I turned and left.

After a few steps, I heard her crying. The sound grew louder and followed me down the hallway.

That day, our friendship finally ended.