The 101st Rejection

Summary

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The day of my dad’s surgery was the second day of the silent treatment between Micah and me.

It was also the day he left me stranded in a downpour on I-90 for his childhood best friend, Chloe.

Later, outside the ICU, I got the call from my uncle. “Sarah… your dad didn’t make it.”

I stood in the hospital corridor, soaked to the bone, phone in hand, listening to the muffled sobs on the other end.

Meanwhile, my boyfriend―no, ex-boyfriend―was a three-hour drive away, comforting a Chloe who "