But that didn’t stop people from fawning over
her.
She turned her attention to me.
“Tiffany, you’ve been watching for a while, why
don’t you give it a try?”
She handed me the golf club.
“Are you sure?”
I said, my hands in my pockets.
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“Brittany, you’ll regret this,” I warned.
I took the club from her and saw the self-
assured look in her eyes.
She clearly wanted to see me fail.
“Go on, show us what a try–hard looks like,”
Brittany’s lapdog said.
“You’re so desperate for attention. You think
you can compete with Brittany?”
Chad frowned, believing I was trying to one–up
Brittany.
I ignored him, put on my most confident smile,
and took my position.
Brittany, you brought this on yourself.
The ball shot through the air, landed a few feet
away, and rolled straight into the hole.
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The crowd went silent. I turned to Brittany,
whose smile was frozen, and gave her a
challenging look.
“Easy peasy.”
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Brittany forced a laugh. “Tiffany, you just got
lucky.”
“Yeah, probably a fluke. You have to remember,
the poor just get lucky every once in a while,
one of her crew added.
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I ignored the noise, and then took a few more swings, landing every ball in the hole.
The course went silent. One was luck, two was coincidence, three and four, that was skill.
“It’s not that hard,” I said. “I don’t know why some people can’t get the ball in the hole. I would be embarrassed.”
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I gave Brittany the club. Her eyes were full of
shock, anger, and jealousy.
“Whatever, don’t get so worked up, let’s go to the spa,” Brittany said.
The two girls dragged her away, and she kept glancing at me over her shoulder, shooting me death glares.
I rolled my eyes. She started this mess, yet I’m the one who was out of line?
Chad stormed over and threw the golf club on
the ground, staring at me like I was a piece of
trash.
“Tiffany, you disgust me!”
“Do you have to try to compete with Brittany?
Do you think I’d actually start noticing you? I
never liked you. I was just playing with you for a
while. Brittany is the one that I love!”
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I just stared at him, wondering what kind of
bubble he lived in.
I had been so wrong to ever think he was worth
my time.
“Dude, you are delusional,” I said.
“You’re nothing but a used condom that
belongs in the toilet. As long as you and
Brittany stick together, you can make a happy pair!”
I snorted, looking him up and down, and walked
away, ignoring Chad’s flushed face.
- 10.
When we got back inside, Brittany was back to
her normal self.
After we all ate lunch, everyone was trying to
decide whether to go to karaoke, when we
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I turned to see a vase that was placed on the
side table.
The guy who was standing next to it looked
horrified. “Oh no, I didn’t mean to knock it over.
That vase wasn’t super expensive, right?”
A man in a suit came rushing over. He looked
like Brittany.
Brittany ran over to him. “Dad!”
Her father smiled, and asked what was wrong.
After hearing that it was just a vase, he waved
his hand like it was no big deal, saying he’d
cover it.
“Don’t worry about it, today’s on me anyway,
it’s just a vase.‘
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The guy thanked him, and everyone started to
praise Brittany and her dad for being so
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I was just picking at my food, feeling a bit ill.
That vase was a one–of–a–kind antique that my
grandfather bought at an auction.
Now that one of them was shattered, the other
one was practically worthless.
Who would put them here of all places?
I had a feeling that this wasn’t going to end
well.
I went to the corner to make a call.
After that, the group went to the tennis courts.
Brittany and her dad walked in front, proudly
looking like peacocks.
When we passed through the lobby, we saw a
tall, thin man with glasses, leading a group of
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The man looked at the crowd, and then zeroed
in on Brittany’s father.
Brittany’s dad’s face went pale and his
shoulders sagged.
“What brings you here?”
He muttered.
The other man scoffed, “The boss wanted to
