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of lying to me.”
    Max sighed and walked closer to me. “Addie, I love you. Ever since I first saw you, I have loved you. There is no way to tell you how much I love you.”
    I raised a brow. “All this while you loved me and you never said a thing.”
    “I was afraid that if I spoke up and if you didn’t feel the same towards me, it would spoil our friendship. Then I’d lose all of you. I’d rather suffer in silence, and keep you as just a friend than to lose you all together.”
    “So what did Tyler and Cleve have to do with his?” I said, pointing to the pictures on the wall. “And I don’t want to hear any more lies. I want the truth. The whole of it.”
    “I’ll tell you the truth.” A small sigh escape through his lips. “When I saw you happy with Tyler, I felt hurt, jealous and sad. I couldn’t bear it, so I lied to you that he was wanted for murder and I also lied to him that you were wanted for murder, too. And you chose to not see him again, thinking he was a criminal. ”
    I scowled at him. “Max, you had no right to sab o tage my relationships. I was happy with Tyler, and you blew it for nothing.”
    Tears filled his eyes. “I’m sorry, Addie. I just didn’t want to share you with anyone.”
    I tried to calm down, telling myself that Max was my friend. Even after everything, I still respected his feelings. “So, what about Cleve Reeves? What about the pictures you sent to me?”
    “I called Cleve this afternoon and I told him that you were a stripper when you were in college.”
    “What? So, this picture; the one with Cleve and his family, it’s a lie. Right? Cleve is not married.”
    “I swear to God, I wasn’t lying about that. Cleve is married with kids.”
    “How can I even believe you when you are just another lying bastard?”
    He fell on his knees. “Addie, please try to unde r stand. I love you more than anything else in the world and I did all these things so that we could be together.”
    “I’m sorry, Max. You sabotaged my relationship with Tyler, but I won’t let you sabotage this one,” I said.
    “I swear to God, I wasn’t lying about Cleve Reeves. He is married,” I heard Max say as I stumbled out of his apartment.
     
    ****
    I drove as fast as I could to Cleve’s house. Luckily, I didn’t get a speeding ticket. There was no way I was going to let Cleve go without trying to make him stay.
    I pulled up in front of his house and rushed to the door. I pressed the doorbell and waited. I wanted to press the doorbell again, but just then the door opened and Cleve stood in front of me.
    I just looked up at him. Like always, he looked good in his white t-shirt and shorts. However, this time, he had an anguished look on his face that betrayed a troubled heart. He looked drained, compared to thirty minutes ago when I last saw him. It was as if something was eating at him from the inside. For a moment, I wanted to believe that our breakup was hurting him as much as it was hurting me.
    Before he could say anything, I started, “Cleve, when you asked me earlier today if there was anything, I needed to tell you, I didn’t understand, but I do now.”
    “Addie,” he called gently.
    “Let me explain, please. The person who called you and told you that I was a stripper is my friend, Max. Apparently, he loves me, but because he couldn’t get me, he tried to sabotage my relationships. He succes s fully ruined my last relationship, and I won’t allow him to ruin this one. Look Cleve, I was never a stripper. Ne v er. While I was in college, science was my life and it still is; you know that.” He didn’t respond, so I continued, “Take a look, he even sent me a picture of you, a woman and two kids. He said that you are married, but I know those pictures were probably Photoshop prints and he was lying about you being married.”
    He shook his head. “No, he wasn’t lying.”
    I leaned closer to him. “Cleve, believe me, please, I was never a stripper.”
    “It’s not