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Jenny picked up her phone and noticed that it was Shane calling her. She put the phone to her ear.

“Hey,” she said softly.

“Hey,” Shane sniffed. “How did Dana do?”

“She won the first match. She has one more to win for the Open.”

“That’s good.” Jenny put a wisp of her hair behind her ear.

“How are you?” Shane sighed.

“I can’t explain how I feel right now. She ripped my heart out and spat on it Jenny. What did I do to deserve this? I’m a good person, and I thought I found the woman I love, but she’s out of my life now.” Jenny frowned. She wished she was there for Shane to console her and tell her everything’s going to be alright.

“I know that you’re hurting, but you’ll have to move on Shane.”

“I can’t move on without her Jenny. She was my other fuckin’ half. She was my opposite, and I’ll never have that again. I can’t let her go.” Shane cried out over the phone, and Jenny bit her lip.

“Just let it out babe, you’ll feel a lot better when you let go.” Shane sighed and sniffed.

“I’m gonna let you go.”

“Are you going to be okay?”

“For now.”

“If you need me, call me.”

“I will.”

“I love you Shane.”

“Love you too bye.” Shane hung up the phone. Jenny sighed and raked her fingers through her hair. She sat the phone down and got up from the bed.

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            Shane hung up the phone with Jenny and sat the phone down on the counter. She grabbed her beer and chugged it. She pulled the bottle from her lips and wiped her mouth. She walked out of the kitchen and into her bedroom. She stumbled into her room and closed the door. She sat her bottle down on her dresser and saw a picture. She flipped it over and saw her and Carmen. They were wrapped into each other arms and smiling. Shane remembered that night; it was still fresh in her mind. It was the trip that the group took to the Caribbean. She felt a rush of anger go through her as she stared at the picture. She tore the picture up and let the pieces fall on the floor. She pushed Carmen and her things off the dresser. A few glass objects breaking as they hit the floor. Shane went through the closet and threw all of Carmen’s things onto the floor. She saw some of Carmen’s records sitting on the floor and picked them up. She broke them in half and threw them against the wall. She cried out loud as she dropped to her knees. She leaned up against her bed and brought her knees to her chest. She covered her face with her hands as she cried.