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me forever, no matter how sorry she was.”
    Abby could not pretend anymore. Tears began to well in her eyes.
    Even through the low quality video, Kyle could see she was about to burst in tears. “What’s wrong, honey? Why are you getting so upset?” Kyle asked, leaning forward and getting closer to the computer screen. Concern clouded his gorgeous gray eyes.
    Abby shook his head and pursed her lips to keep herself from sobbing in front of Kyle. “Nothing. I just had a very long day and have a headache.” She drew in a deep breath and swallowed the lump that had formed in her throat. “Listen, is it okay if we continue our chat tomorrow? My head is killing me, and I want to go lie down.”
    “Sure, honey. Hope you feel better. I’ll call you tomorrow. Good night, my princess.”
    “Good night, Kyle. I’m sorry,” Abby breathed.
    Kyle thought she was apologizing for ending the video chat too early. “Don’t worry about it,” Kyle assured her before disconnecting the video feed.
    Kyle closed his laptop and wondered what was wrong with his girlfriend. Kyle had noticed Abby had been acting strange over the last couple days, but he attributed it all to stress from final exams.
    Abby had burst into tears at the restaurant and again during the video chat. Kyle was beginning to suspect Abby was hiding something from him, but cheating never crossed his mind. If there was a person in the entire world whose loyalty Kyle could count on, it was Abby. Kyle firmly believed she would never cheat on him.
    Abby’s parents, who had witnessed the weird video conversation her daughter had with her boyfriend, also wondered what was wrong. They had spoken to their daughter earlier that day, and she seemed fine. Kyle assured them that she was probably just stressed out after the grueling week of final exams she had endured, and they all went back to planning the marriage proposal.
    Kyle went to sleep that night, concerned rather than suspicious, and counted the days until he could get back to New York and find out what was going on with Abby.
    After ending her chat with Kyle, Abby closed her laptop and placed it on her coffee table. She felt too emotionally drained to go to her bed, so she curled up on the couch. Tears kept flooding her eyes and streaming down her cheeks, soaking the couch fabric under her cheek.
    She had secretly harbored the hope that Kyle would forgive her for cheating on him. She even dared to fantasize a scenario where Kyle forgave her, took her back, and they lived happily ever after. But it only took Kyle less than a minute to dash all those hopes and fantasies. He made it very clear that he was not going to forgive her, much less take her back. It was over.
    Abby had never felt more hopeless or helpless as she did curled up on that couch that night. She wanted to talk to someone, anyone, about what she had done. She needed a pair of sympathetic, nonjudgmental ears that would listen to her before the guilt and shame ate away what was left of her sanity.
    She couldn’t talk to her mother about it. The whole thing was just too sordid and complicated for her kind, but conservative mother to handle in person, let alone over the phone. She couldn’t tell any of her friends since all of them had already gone home for summer break. Her best friend, Katie, was too far away, and this was something she couldn’t talk about over the phone.
    She thought about taking a quick trip to Michigan, but she couldn’t afford it. She had maxed out her credit card buying the dress she wore to The Philharmonic’s Opening Day Gala. The people she worked with, including Jeremy, were good friends, but they were not close enough that she could share this particular problem with them.
    Abby thought about going to confession, but it was a Saturday night, and she wasn’t even Catholic. There was only one person in the entire city she could talk to about this without being judged. That person was also the cause of all her heartaches, but