How could he do that to me? My best friend, Evan. He betrayed me. Evan and I have known each other since we were 10 now we’re 25. 15 years and he does this. We have a lot of fights but, this draws the line. I drive to his house, my hands shaking with anger as I steer the wheel. I pull up to his house, and I walk up to his door, and ring the doorbell. “Oh, hey. Xavier. Whatcha doin’ here?” he says awkwardly. “Hi Evan, I just wanted to see if you wanted to come over and work on something.” “Of course! Yeah, I’d love to, wait a sec I gotta get my jacket.” “Okay, when you’re ready I’ll be in the car.” Evan thinks we’re going to work on something, I had another thing in mind. Confront him. We get to my house and we head to my shed. I pull up a chair and sit and so does he, we sit in an awkward silence until he says “Look, Xavier, I’m sorry-” “What? You’re sorry? You did what you did on purpose. You’re sorry because you were caught, not because you did it.” “You got it all wrong Xavier. Forgive me. Let it go.” “How could you say that?! You and my fiancee, Anna, were having an affair behind my back, you both betrayed me. For God’s sake Evan, you didn’t even know her!” Evan stands up and throws a punch at me, and it hits me around my jawline. My mouth bleeds. He gets up to leave and I stand in anger and I go to the cupboard and I get duct tape and push him in the chair and tape him down. “Woah! Xavier, stop it. You’re being stupid and immature.” “No! You’re my best
"I behaved badly too. I know I did. I'm ashamed of it. But now you're
“I know i’ve made mistakes and I own up to my mistakes unlike you.” Nick continued. “We are very alike, the only difference is I take responsibility for my actions.”
Therapist Dan: “We’ve talked a lot about Xavier and a little about his friends. What about you and your friends. Don’t you think that’s worth talking about?”
Therapist Dan: “We’ve spoken a lot about Xavier and some about his mates. What about you and your mates. Don’t you reason that’s worth speaking about?”
“ What’s your problem ? You can’t fix yourself on what’s already happened. It’s done. It’s up to us now. “
“I’m sorry Mommy, I promise I won’t do it again. Please forgive me.” this was all I could say. I had no excuse for my actions.
“One of my friends daughters was like you except she wasn't so lucky.....anyway I hope you have learned a valuable lesson from all of this and won't do it again.”
“Honestly I feel they should’ve given him the chair for what he did. I don’t feel the punishment fit the crime.”
“Don’t blame me. He’s the one who set this meeting— at your instigation I understood.”
"Why'd you do it? You know just as well as we do! No you sit in here, all smug, thinking no one knows? Well, you have another thing coming!"
“We got caught the first time so you don’t think we will the second time”
As we step onto the landing half way down the stairs, Zach turns towards me. "What I am about to show you is a we guarded family secret. You must not tell anyone ever do you understand?" He asks, in a low tone, as turns around to look at me. I nodded. Zach' then turns back around, and continues to walk down the rest of the stairs, with me fallowing him every step of the
“Guilty,” Madge says in embarrassment. “Though in my defense, I was a bit caught up in the moment, when we first met.”
“Well it doesn’t matter now does it?! I’m in cuffs about to go to jail. Happy now?” My cheeks burned. Liquid tumbled down.
"I 'm sorry" is the first thing that comes out of his mouth, his eyes are water as he pulls keys out of his pockets I