The Lies That Broke Us

Summary

I was selling used furniture on a resale platform when a girl messaged me to haggle:

"Could you lower the price a bit?"

"I haven't graduated yet. I just had a fight with my roommate and moved out of the dorm. My boyfriend found this place for me."

"He's really wealthy and says we'll get married after I graduate, but I don't want to burden him too much."

"Could you take twenty dollars off? I can pick it up myself!"

When I was dating Marcus during college, I was extremely frugal too, so I agreed.

That evening, two people showed up at my apartment complex gate.