Well... I think we're getting close to the end guys. I can't tell you how many more chapters there are, but it's getting there! Are you excited, or nervous for this end?
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"Who are you looking at?" Liz follows his gaze, her expression turning to a disgusted glare. "I hate that man."
Ace whips his head to her, "Y-you know him?"
Her face falls as she places her eyes on him again, nodding, "Sadly. I'm related to that sack of shit. I've been around him and all his play things."
"Play things?" Ace looks back over to the window, the couple had already disappeared by this point. "What do you mean?"
"I mean... all he ever does it toy around with girls feelings. Always giving them the idea that he loves them and he's only doing what's best for them," she shakes her head while letting out a sigh. "I can't tell you how many girls he's down this to, but I though he changed."
"What makes you say that?" he feels a lump in his throat, so he tries to swallow it. "Why would he change?"
"Why does any guy change? He told me he had finally found true love. Someone he actually saw himself growing old with. Told me that she was amazing, kind, sympathetic. Told me that she had a way of understanding him that no one else had," she scratches and itch behind her ear, a sad smile across her face. "I guess he got sick of that and decided to go back to his old ways. Man, and I thought he could actually make it. Better now than later, I guess. Why are you asking about him?"
"He's the boyfriend of the girl I like," he forces a smile on his face, dropping it as suddenly as it went up. "Small world."
"I-I'm sorry," she casts her eyes down. "I shouldn't have-"
"There's nothing to apologize for, you're not the one doing it," he stands up and places a hand in her shoulder. "Thank you."
"For what?" she stares into his eyes, tilting her head slightly. "I didn't do anything."
"No. You did," he pulls on his jacket all the while walking away. "You shed some light on something."
He walks out the door before she has time to respond. Ace takes in a deep breath before exhaling, the air coming out foggy. He starts to walk, with nowhere in mind. He passes many store fronts, most of them closed, and the rest in the process of closing. He didn't realize that it was getting to be that late.
He decides to stop at the park he can see in the distance and take some time to process everything. Is the reason (Y/n)'s boyfriend changed because of his jealousy over Ace? That's the only reason he can think of. Ace is the one who made her life a living hell. The though if that makes Ace feel worse. It really would've been better if he had never been born.
He stays there, without really processing anything. He gets so over it, that he just places his head in his hands, resting his elbows on his knees. He hears someone walking down the streets, but he can't be bothered to look up. Not until their footsteps stop.
Their presence feels familiar, calming, so he looks up. His heart stops. Her face is illuminated by the street lights. She has a few bruises on her arms, her lip appears to have been bleeding but now it's scabbed over. He didn't expect to see her. Not anytime soon, at least.
"Ace."
"(Y/n)..."

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