I could not believe what I had just seen in the camera.
Ari posed for the camera. She posed nude.
How could she even think of doing that after what happened to me in high school?
I could not shake the image off my mind.
Things ended awkwardly.
How would I face him again? Did I want to see him after this?
What did he do with the pictures? Did he sell them? Did he jerk off to the pictures privately?
Did he know Ari was my friend?
Who was Ari to him?
Now I thought I found love, and something great is happening in my life. It feels unreal, and that expectation is now cut short.
I was baffled. I needed answers. Was that why Ari reached out to me when I shared on Facebook that I was moving to California? Did she know someone who lived in California too? Him?
I had to talk to someone. I was losing my mind. Who could I be vulnerable with? In this day and age, telling ‘friends’ things would be used against…