Chapter 2

• On the drive to the bar, the woman told me that her name was Sophie.
• She and Paul were neighbors.
• When she was sixteen, Paul told her he was into her.
• Later, he got into college, but he didn’t have enough money.
• To cover his tuition, Sophie kept picking up part-time gigs.
• Me? I started dating Paul while he was in college.
• He spoiled me. Gifts kept coming, nonstop.
• “Babe, I gotta be generous to my girlfriend, right?” he'd often ask me, bragging about his 'generosity.'
• Now I finally knew that the money he blew on me was earned by another woman.
• “I’m sorry," I said to Sophie.
• I let out a sigh.
• I paused. “I didn’t know he—”
• “It's not your fault!" Sophie interjected.
• “Today I’m gonna ruin them," she declared. "Both of them.”
• Sophie fired the livestream back up.
• Chat was buzzing about what just went down.
• “How many girls has this scumbag tricked?”
• “Damn, what a player.”
• “I wanna punch that dude.”
• I was about to say something to the viewers when Sophie suddenly yelled, “There he is!”
• I turned and saw Paul with a long-haired woman, climbing into his car.
• I yanked Sophie back when she tried to jump out. “Kill the headlights.”
• It was already dark. I didn’t want Paul spotting us.
• “What the fuck are you doing?” Sophie snapped.
• She nearly fell, furious and breathing hard.
• “Don’t tell me you’re just gonna swallow this!” she hissed at me.
• Then she looked at me in horror. “You’re not actually gonna forgive him, are you?”
• I rolled my eyes.
• “As if."
• “If you rush over now, they won’t even have time to take off their clothes,” I reminded her.
• When she still seemed unconvinced, I added, “Then they’ll make up some excuse, and we’ll have zero proof.”
• Sophie froze, looked me up and down.
• “Damn, you’re ruthless.”
• She aimed the camera at that car and read off the chat.
• “Are they doing it in the car?”
• “That car’s tiny. Not many positions.”
• “Turn on the light later.”
• Right then, the car in front of us started rocking hard.
• “Now!” I signalled.
• I threw my door open and sprinted for Paul’s car.
• Sophie held her phone up to the window, filming.
• A woman in a strappy camisole was straddling Paul.
• His face was flushed. He was too busy pumping away to notice us.
• He didn’t snap out of it until Sophie started pounding her fist on the glass.
• “Paul, open up!” Sophie screamed, yanking at the door handle.
• His dick went soft in a heartbeat. He didn’t even pull up his pants before lunging for Sophie’s phone.
• “Give me the phone!” he demanded.
• “You asshole!” Sophie slapped him hard. “You actually cheated on me!”
• Rage filled her face. “Don’t forget I’ve been paying your student loans for you!”
• “For fuck’s sake, that was your choice!” Paul reasoned out.
• His face twisted with impatience. “Just give me the phone!”
• Sophie froze, her eyes going red.
• “Quit fucking crying and grab that bitch!” I shouted.
• At some point, the other woman had slipped out of the car and was sneaking toward another one.
• “Stop!" I commanded. "I wanna see what kind of bitch you are!”
• But she was fast. I was just about to grab her arm when she suddenly spun and shoved me hard.
• I couldn’t dodge. I slammed onto the ground.
• She dove into the other car.
• The engine roared to life.
• Then, she floored it straight at me.
• “Emily, watch out!”
• Sophie screamed.
• But it was already too late.