My Best Friend's Ex (Edited)

Part 25 (edited)

"Oh yeah, she has the hot, nerdy boyfriend with the glasses. God, I wish she would use him as a feather against my body." Slightly weird, but it's Adalyn. "Yeah, that's her. Colby and Sadie were childhood sweethearts. Our group of friends always thought they'd get married one day." "Huh, what happened?"
I think back to the day Sadie called me in tears, unsure of what to do, her future in the balance. "They were always rocky, especially when Sadie
went to college , but it wasn't until she got pregnant that everything went spiraling."
"Sadie was pregnant?"
I nod and take another bite of chicken. "Yeah, she lost the baby a few weeks later which changed everything, even our friend dynamic. Their relationship combusted and we were all kind of forced to choose sides. They didn't make us, but it felt like we had to. Colby, easily slipped out of the scene and that's why I didn't see him for so long." "That's kind of sad."
"It is." My gut starts to churn as I think about the turn of events Colby had to face. He lost his baby, his love, and his support system. He lost everything, and here I am, rubbing it in his face that Sadie wasn't the person for him. God, I'm such a freaking asshole. "What did you say that made him so mad?" I swallow hard, thinking back to the other night. The devastated look on his face, the way he shut down so quickly, Good question. He might have loved her, but I think he was in love with the comfort of Sadie, the ease she gave him. "I don't think they were ever truly in love. They were at each other's sides for some of the worst times in their life. They were each other's backbones for so long. They knew the ins and outs of each other. They both grew up in unhealthy environments, mostly caused by their moms, who left heavy scarring on their  childhoods. They bonded over the misfortune, but sometimes two broken souls can't fix each other. In their case, that was true." "It makes me sad. But I get it. The Sadie you speak of is not the same Sadie I know. She seems so happy, so content in life." I nod. "That's the new Sadie. Andrew brings out the fun-loving side of her. The Sadie I love and adore, but for a while, before Andrew, she was bitter, liked to be alone, and would drink a lot. For a few months, she  literally had nothing going for her. It wasn't until Andrew came along that she rose from her ashes and became the brilliantly vibrant woman she is now." "I bet that is a bitter pill for Colby to swallow." Leave it to Adalyn to smack me in the face with logic. Colby must be in so much pain, seeing Sadie happy with someone else. And there I was, bringing up the past and then throwing threats of feminine products in his face. What kind of friend does that? Once again,
I feel like I've failed him.
I slouch even more in my booth. "Ever seen what a troll wart looks like?"
Adalyn tilts her head in confusion. "What?"