Tristan drove to his apartment and found a note on the dining table.
Final payment has been transferred to you. Transaction complete. Do not contact me again!
Tristan stared at the note and burst into a bitter laugh.
"Transaction complete. Do not contact me again!" Each word was seeping with coldness and decisiveness.
He had rushed over, worried she might be in trouble because she didn't answer his calls, only to find such an indifferent note?
It seemed he had been taking himself too seriously.
But Allison had been the one to initiate things between them. The end of their relationship was not hers alone to decide.
She couldn't just cut ties with him this easily!
*****
At New York High School, with the SATs approaching, the students were intensely focused on their studies.
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