C142 The More She Thought About It The Stranger It Was

The group chat exploded the moment I mentioned dinner. Chris was the first to attack. “Brother, are you serious?” “You met Laura at the mall?” “You had dinner?” “And you only tell us now?”

Message after message flooded the screen. Before I could answer, Alicia joined in. “Nerd!” “You actually asked her out?” “Who gave you such courage?”

Chris immediately replied. “Obviously you.” Alicia fired back. “What does that mean?” “It means if he spent enough time with you, eventually anyone would gain courage.”

I stared at the screen helplessly. These two had already started arguing. Meanwhile, Alicia sat on her bed holding her phone.

For some reason she was not as happy as she expected to be. When Mike first said he had dinner with Laura, her heart had suddenly felt uncomfortable. It was a strange feeling.

Almost as if someone had taken something important from her. The more she thought about it, the stranger it became.

Why would she feel that way? Wasn’t she supposed to be happy? Laura was beautiful. She was kind. She shared many of the same interests as Mike.

If anyone deserved a chance to move forward after everything that happened with Samantha, it was Mike. Then why did she feel wronged? Why did it feel like someone was replacing her?

Alicia lowered her gaze. The bracelet on her wrist reflected the light from her bedside lamp. The matching bracelet.