ANSEL
Ariella clears her throat to answer Nikki with a frown on her face.
"Ansel and I are no longer together!"
Fuck!!!
She broke the news to them! I told her not to!
Nikki gasps. "What do you mean you are not together! Ansel would have told us!"
"Guess I am not the only one he's keeping stuff from…"
Ralph and I are dead silent.
Nikki goes on to ask her. "He is keeping stuff from you? What kind of stuff?"
"One," she glares at me. "He didn't tell me he is going to Paris for a whole f*****g year. And second, he didn't tell me this is a f*****g farewell party! I thought it's a little get-together!"
Tears shine in her eyes, bitterness laced in her voice.
It hurts me deeply to watch her like this.
She takes a gulp of the red wine and bangs it on the table. She takes the
