[PART SEVEN] - CLOSED
quick note; GUYS. please be aware that if you posted a prompt in part six and it is now screened, i have posted them to the post already - so that you guys don't have to. thanks for being patient and making the fill-a-thon such a success
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“Please pick up your cell. I know that you saw the ringing. Why aren’t you picking up? I have to leave this message. Otherwise, it’ll be like I was never here.”
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It always starts the same: Eduardo’s voice tired and desperate, demanding to know why he isn’t returning his calls.
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“Come on. Answer. I was angry, all right? I was furious actually, but we can’t end like this. I was just hurt that I couldn’t see straight. I don’t think I’ve ever been that angry before and I reacted. I’m sorry about your laptop. I’ll get you a new one. You’d like that. Pick up.”
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He explains his side and Mark listens. Time does that to some, making them truly hears things that are said the way they were meant to be heard. Life would be simple if in that moment, Mark understood what Eduardo felt.
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“We said things that we didn’t mean. People do that, but they also make up.”There’s more persuasion and ( ... )
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“All those times the four of us: you, me, Dustin, and Chris watched movies and played video games in Kirkland, was probably the first time that I felt like I belonged. You guys were like my family.
You were different though. In another way, I wanted to keep you.”
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Mark thinks he wouldn’t have argued with the last statement.
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“When I felt us slipping, I obsessed over discovering the exact point where we became distant, like finding the point would make a difference. I know we didn’t see to eye to eye on Facebook, but I was doing the best I could. You have to know that.”
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He believes Eduardo’s words, but frankly wishes that they were enough.
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“That day that I was in the office, you looked back at me with your dimples showing, you said, ‘But you have to come back for the party Thiel’s going to throw us, when we hit a million members.’ Mark, I wouldn’t have missed it. And what did you do?”The surprise and the shock of Eduardo’s violent anger-Mark couldn’t process the scene at the time. ( ... )
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you're the author! i loved it the end was well played. the way you could explain both sides yet make mark's the central focus and main point ugh well done.
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Yeah I'm the author. Um, apparently I failed at anon-ing continuously. Oh well. Were you surprised or expecting me? Idk. I wondered. :)
Your comment warmed me especially. You picked up the multiple points of view but still stuck by the main one. Thank you so much for reading, liking and posting your thoughts!
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