That was the worst thing about having a relationship with someone, even a pretend relationship. You opened up, let someone in, and when it was over, they had all the ammunition they needed to completely destroy you. (Sara Manning)

They didn’t catch me that time. They didn’t have a search warrant so the ten apartments of meth production remained our little secret.

“That was really stupid,” I told him as he lay in the hospital bed.

“How could you do that to me, Honey?”

“Do what? You did this to yourself, in my bathroom no less.”

“How could you choose him over me? He didn't even know you were in high school. We have a business together, an apartment, we're together. Why do we have to do this to each other? Hurt each other like this?”

I didn't understand that but I just let him say his piece. As far as I was concerned neither of us had hurt the other. He had made things inconvenient and messy, that was all.