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Clover

MISSED CHANCES

Woman Feminizes Her Ex-Boyfriend

Clover Cox

CHAPTER 1

Minnie’s phone buzzed. She was having brunch with her best girlfriend Sonya. They were enjoying mimosas and chatting about their lives, feeling on top of the world, but Minnie came crashing down to earth when she saw the announcement on her screen. Her lips parted to scream, but she was too much of a lady to make a scene in public. She wanted to vomit. She wanted to flip the table and throw the chairs. Lawrence had no right!

“Uh
 are you okay? The air in here just shifted,” Sonya said with a light, uncomfortable laugh.

Minnie shook her head, still unable to speak. Her life was flashing before her eyes. All those late nights hanging out with Lawrence. Their relationship came to a screeching halt when he made a startling confession. Minnie reacted terribly. She removed him from her life, and it was probably the single biggest mistake she’d ever made.

“Hello? Minnie?”

“Sorry,” Minnie said softly. “It’s Lawrence. He’s getting married.”

“What?” Sonya said loudly. “To that ice queen?”

“Yes! Apparently he proposed a few weeks ago. It’s official.”

“Oh, Minnie. I’m sorry.”

Minnie waved her hand in the air. “Don’t pity me. I’m fine,” she said in a sharp voice, but her heart ached when she glanced at the news article on her phone. “He can marry whoever he wants.”

“You don’t have to act tough for me. I was there when you and Lawrence were the hottest couple on campus. I’ve been by your side every step of the way.”

Sonya and Minnie met during their freshman year of college when they were assigned to the same dorm room. It was friendship at first sight. They even had matching sheets. One thing led to the next, and they were eating lunch together and then dinner and had been friends ever since. They knew each other well, maybe even better than they knew themselves.

“How do you feel?”

“How do you think I feel?” Minnie hissed. She loved Sonya, but she hadn’t even told her Lawrence’s secret. She didn’t tell anyone. She wished she could go back in time and redo the moment he revealed his truth to her, but there weren’t any repeats in life. Minnie dug herself a hole from which she couldn’t escape.

“You don’t have to snap at me.”

“Look, Sonya, I’m sorry, but I don’t know what to say right now. I wasn’t expecting to see this story.”

“Is there a wedding date?”

“The article said early September,” she said. “That’s only a few months away.”

Sonya sighed. She hated seeing her friend stressed out, but there was nothing they could do. Lawrence had every right to move on to find love with someone else. “You were the one who broke up with him, Minnie. Remember?”

“It’s not that simple.”

“You told me that he wasn’t doing it for you.”

Minnie’s soul was frazzled. She couldn’t concentrate on a single thought without memories of the past popping into her head. Lawrence was the best boyfriend that she ever had. She was young and stupid when he revealed to her that he enjoyed wearing dresses and lingerie. Minnie’s reaction was hostile. She screamed at him for not being the man she expected. She felt deceived and disappointed. Her anger was enough to carry her for the first few months after the breakup, but doubt crept in eventually.

“Were you lying?”

“Lawrence and I went through a rough patch,” Minnie said, maintaining her old lies. The ones she told to her family and friends but mostly to herself. She couldn’t accept the truth. She couldn’t handle the fact that she had the perfect boyfriend and let him go.

“So you broke up, Minnie. What’s the big deal? Please don’t tell me you’re still hung up on him after all these years.”

“He was mine!” Minnie snapped, losing control of herself more than she liked. She cleared her throat. “I just can’t believe he’s going to marry that woman. I know he doesn’t love her.”

“Maybe he doesn’t, but you have to let him go. It’s not healthy holding on to the past.”

Minnie drank her water, wishing that she could escape Sonya’s judgmental gaze. She didn’t know what had really happened between her and Lawrence. Minnie hadn’t said a word to anyone for Lawrence’s privacy. He owed her. It wasn’t fair.

“You’re right,” Minnie said with a heavy sigh, giving her friend what she wanted to hear. “I’ll leave it in the past. I shouldn’t be worried about what Lawrence is doing with his life. I’m nearly Ridgewood’s number one real-estate agent! What do I need him for?” Minnie’s voice was bright and sassy like always, masking her aching heart, but Sonya bought the ruse.

She lifted her water glass. “Cheers to keeping exes in the past where they belong.”

“Cheers,” Minnie said and clinked her glass with Sonya’s.

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