Chapter 35


    Chapter 35 Get rity


    As Ingrid geared up to retaliate, Bruce stepped forward to intervene.


    “Why are you stopping me when she just hit me!” Ingrid shouted at Bruce. “She’s just an assistant


    daring to attack me!”


    Bruce showed no reaction, simply shoving Ingrid back and positioning Julie behind him.


    “You deserved it after your behavior here. If those ps don’t knock some sense into you, perhaps I


    should help the lesson sink in too,” Bruce threatened coldly.


    Seeing Bruce genuinely angry for once, Ingrid bit her tongue and left with onest re at Julie.


    “Did Sylvia send you?” Bruce asked Julie.


    “Yeah, she figured Ingrid woulde trash talk her so asked me to run interference. Turns out I


    arrived just in time before things got worse!” Julie replied, still furious about Ingrid’s audacity.


    She also felt a pang of sadness realizing Bruce still saw her only tonically like a sister. Why


    couldn’t their rtionship progress closer? Putting herself out there with unrequited emotions would


    be too awkward.


    “Your timing was perfect, thanks for the help. I’m sure we’ve seen thest of Ingrid for awhile at


    least. You and Sylvia better get to work now,” Bruce dismissed.


    Julie opened her mouth to finally confess her true feelings, but Bruce had already brushed her off.


    Crestfallen, she simply nodded and took her leave, ncing back to see Bruce nonchntly


    continuing his tasks as if utterly unaffected by what just transpired.


    After she had gone, Bruce put down his pen and pressed his fingers to his temple wondering how


    situations had deteriorated to this point.


    Later after work, Sylvia worried over meeting her estranged friend Kelly again. “Are you sure she


    wants to see me? I thought she wanted nothing more to do with me ever.”


    Losing touch after Kelly dered their friendship over if Sylvia foolishly married Cyril had stung


    deeply. Now that she had woken up, Sylvia desperately hoped it wasn’t toote.


    “Instead of fretting uselessly now, why didn’t you just listen back when Kelly and all of us warned


    how toxic Cyril was?” Julie pointed out.


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    Sylvia winced, acknowledging she had been too love–blind at the time to consider consequences.


    How deeply she regretted that now after the fallout.


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    “The past doesn’t matter. I just hope Kelly will truly talk to me again,” Sylvia worried.


    “Well I wouldn’t have arranged this if Kelly hadn’t reached out herself. She wants to check if you’ve


    gained sanity back. If so, you remain friends. If not, you’re through for good.”


    Sylvia exhaled in relief. Back then she never cared about preserving friendships. My how perception


    changed.


    They soon arrived at their old haunt, the Tonight club. Kelly was already inside nursing a drink in an


    oversized white suit giving her an androgynous look entuated by her short blonde hair. With her


    boylish style and dominant energy, it was easy to mistake Kelly for a handsome young man at first


    nce.


    So you showing up means you’ve wised up? Then take a seat. Otherwise don’t bother entering


    again if I have to exin twice,” Kelly stated, putting out her cigarette.


    Sylvia quickly nodded. “I absolutely have gotten rity. No more wasting time on losers!”


    Grinning widely, Sylvia rushed over to tightly embrace Kelly, who slowly smiled back signaling


    eptance of Sylvia’s returned sensibilities.