I Bet I Would

Chapter 67: Asthma Attack

FRANZ

"You what?!" Tiffany exclaimed.

My jaw dropped on its own when I saw her appear behind Ashton.

"Fallen? You have fallen in love with Paulene?! Paulene Josiah?! Love, Ashton? Love? Really?!" She was fuming, tears were now rolling down her cheeks.

Tiffany must feel really terrible right now.

I look at Ashton.

He had a blank expression, not a trace of emotion on his face.

"Yes. I am free to fall in love with anyone I please," He said coldly without even turning around to face her.

Tiffany was becoming paler by the second as tears kept streaming down her face.

She then dashed out of the bar.

People around us were either too busy or too drunk to care.

I clenched my fist as I shot Ashton a glare.

"How can you manage to be a darn cold cocksucker?" I asked the heartless motherfucker.

Ashton was just silent.

He then lifted his beer to drink every drop left of it.

"Fuck you," I said to him as I rose and ran after Tiffany.

I know Tiffany. She can be very self-destructive when furious and enraged. That's why the Hales spoil her. It was found out that she has suicidal tendencies.

I look for her around. I can't see her.

I make my way through the crowd and out the door.

I saw  her standing beside her car, fumbling through her bag, probably looking for her keys.

She must not drive at that state.

As I get near her, her crying became more audible.

She was almost running out of breath.

"Don't drive. Let me," I said to her.

"Leave me alone!" She yelled at me.

"Tiff..."

"Franz, please!" She cried out.

"I am not here to complicate your mind or your heart. I am not here to push myself to you." That I assured her.

She looked up at me with her eyes still glistening with tears.

"You don't know how I feel, Franz. You don't know the sick pain I have in my chest right now. I did everything to win his heart. I did everything. I gave everything. All these years. You don't know how I feel!"

Believe me, Tiff. I know.

I step closer to her in an attempt to comfort her.

She is, after all, still my best friend.

"It really hurts. My everything wasn't enough for him. All I wanted was just a little love. Just a little?" She put her hands over her face and cried harder. Her shoulders were shaking.

I really have this strong urge to embrace her, make her feel that there's someone who still cares.

But, I am afraid she will push me away.

Oh! Damn it!

I pulled her in for a tight embrace.

She let me.

She just cried in my arms.

My heart is melting.

I know exactly how you feel, Tiff.

"Let go... as I did to you," I whispered in her ear.

"Huh?" She looked up at me.

"I know exactly how you feel. That's what I've been feeling until I stopped and let you go. You also have to let go now. You will end up losing yourself if you don't. Set yourself free, Tiffany."

She stopped crying.

She wiped her tears and just stared at me, her eyes spelled confusion.

"You are beautiful. You know that. A lot of boys want to have that chance to treat you special. I was even once one of them."

She was still just staring at me with a puzzled expression. It's as if she never understood a thing I said.

I admit, this makes me feel quite uneasy.

"What happened?" She asked.

I answered with a "Huh?"

"Why did you let me go?"

I bit my lip.

I couldn't tell her that it's because of Paulene.

Well, it's Paulene and the fact that--

"You will never reciprocate and--"

And then Tiffany kisses me on the lips.

PAULENE

Franz and Tiffany are kissing.

It's like I'm suddenly running out of breath.

Like an asthma attack I never had before.

I turn around, still not believing what I just saw.

I then ran back inside.

Since when did they get together?

They were best friends.

I saw that picture at Franz's library.

They were best friends since they were kids.

"So, where's my camera?" I can hear Krista asking me, but, I can't seem to take my mind off of what I just saw.

"Earth to Paulene? I asked you to get my camera inside the car?"

The highlights.

He remembered Tiffany and...

And how he was deeply affected when he knew her.

Franz probably confessed.

They realized that they're, after all, in love with each other.

Why does this realization make me want to cry?

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