Chapter 10

The first one to lose his composure was Christopher. That night, Christopher and I had just returned from a party when we noticed Zachary standing beneath the streetlamp. As usual, he held an unchanging bouquet of white roses. As soon as I got out of the car, fireworks—like rainbow-colored bursts—suddenly lit up the sky behind me. Christopher, in self-inflicted torment, watched the video of Zachary proposing to me over and over again. Being young and naive at the time, I was blown away by the brilliant fireworks and joyfully accepted Zachary's marriage proposal. The moment he noticed that I was distracted by the fireworks, the already insecure Christopher finally stormed up toward Zachary and launched into a full-blown brawl out of resentment. "Zachary, you shameless little side piece! You're always trying to get my fiancee to look your way. I've never seen a more pathetic parasite in all my 30 years!" "If I'm a parasite, what does that make you? Keira and I were together for ni