Texting your childhood best friend during the World Cup f...

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1. Why are you at the World Cup final with him?
2. Who 'him'?
3. The man in your 'Europe' pics—the one who ghosted me.
4. Those were stadium photos, not Europe scenery.
5. You tagged it 'Paris' and you're sitting next to him.
6. I didn't think you'd connect the dots.
7. Check the close-up I sent; he looks at the camera.
8. He waved, we talked, it was awkward.
9. Talked about what, exactly, Sam—how he abandoned me?
10. It wasn't like that; please don't jump to conclusions.
11. Then explain why his arm is around you.
12. Because we're together.
13. Together? As in dating him?
14. Yes, he's my boyfriend.
15. You hid that from me for months?