A Little Excerpt

July 2018

It was 12 pm in Boston, and Kevin Maggliardi just woke up. He and his friends, Jing Hao and Mike Wong, played video games until around 4 am.

Kevin was half-awake when he grabbed his phone from the night stand to check the time. When finding out that it was 12 pm, he saw 10 text messages from his girlfriend, Linda Matmatuan. They went on a date before he spent the evening with his friends, and he thought it was the best date yet. They had been together for six months.

He saw several photos of her at the bars hanging out with several guys and taking them home for a hot night. The photos were graphic. Kevin’s face turned red, and his heart started pounding.

Linda wrote a text that said, “Kevin, our relationship is over. I met a guy at a bar that is cuter than you.”

Kevin felt tears streaming from his eyes, and his hands and breathing were shaky. He sent a screenshot of all her messages to his best friend, Shanti Lee, who at the time lived in Los Angeles.

He lay in bed for the whole day. His now ex-girlfriend has cheated on him.