Much to my surprise, Nikki welcomed me with open arms into her home. I changed into much warmer clothes and soon enough, there was a cup of hot chocolate in my cold hands. With tears pouring out of my eyes, I narrated all that had happened to me to Nikki. I half expected her to be judgmental instead she was sympathetic and began to console me.

"Kayla, it's going to be alright. I don't want to say I I told you so but I warned you. Guys like these are dangerous. They just come into your life, play with your life and leave your life", Nikki told me.

"But it was love. I know it! And – ", I started but stopped mid-sentence when I saw Rita standing in front of me.

"Rita? What are you doing here?" I asked in surprise.

"Just hanging out at Nikki's place. For the record, I knew this would happen", Rita said with a twinkle in her eyes.

"I thought you had gone back to your old friends."

"I would never do that", Rita said and pulled me into a warm hug.

"That's enough catching up for now. Let's start with the Breakup Therapy", Nikki said.

Nikki, Rita and I had so much fun together that I totally forgot about the breakup. That was the Breakup Therapy Nikki was talking about but that didn't help me fully escape the reality of seeing Nigel the next day.

Nigel totally ignored me and I totally expected it. We had little contact with each other. The next week, the unexpected happened.

"I'm leaving", Nigel said.

I looked up from my laptop. I didn't even see Nigel enter the room.

"What?" I asked in surprise.

"I've done all the paperwork. I'm going to try my skills as a videographer at Fashion Icons", Nigel said.

"You can't do this", I said.

"I already have. Goodbye", Nigel said and left.

Later that day, with a heavy heart, I announced to everyone that Nigel had left. Everyone was sad. We all loved Nigel. He had impacted the company like no one else had. We soon found another photographer but no one could replace Nigel.

I really didn't understand myself. I couldn't stop thinking about Nigel. I tried to forget about him but I couldn't. My life didn't feel complete without him. Maybe I had found true love and as quickly as it had come, it had gone.

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