And stupidly, I believed him.
I remembered joking that when he was famous, he wouldn’t want to hang out with ‘little old me’ and he’d roll his eyes, saying he’d never change.
What a load of bollocks.
When he got signed, I was thrilled for him.But then he started hanging out at industry parties and moving with a different crowd.As Brett became more famous, he changed and the media started taking an interest not just in him, but who he was dating.That’s when all the trolling started…
Even though I’d deleted all the social media apps from my phone so that I didn’t have to see their cruel comments, the damage was already done.I felt so hideous and alone.
Brett thought I was overreacting and needed to grow thicker skin.And at no point did he ever stick up for me.
So I guessed I shouldn’t have been surprised when I discovered he was seeing other women on the side, including the supermodel that he went on to marry just months after we broke up.
My chest tightened.I shouldn’t have agreed to take that photo.And I didn’t even ask to see how it looked afterwards.I was probably all hot and sweaty and looked awful.
I reached for my phone to look up Jake’s Instagram, but then stopped.
My heart raced.
My stomach lurched.
I couldn’t.
It was better that I didn’t see whatever he’d posted or the comments.
If I ignored the haters, I’d be safe.
My phone rang, causing me to almost jump out of my skin.
It was Vanessa.Maybe she’d seen the photos and was calling to warn me like she used to do when things got really bad.
‘So how many pictures of me are plastered across social media right now and how bad are the comments?’ I blurted out quickly.I needed to know.
‘Eh?’ Vanessa replied.‘What do you mean?There aren’t any photos of you on Jake’s Insta.Why?Did he say he was gonna post something?’
Tension immediately slid from my shoulders.That was a relief.
‘No, but we had a load of photos from the first activity that Sammie, my Love Alchemist lady, took and then there were more pics taken earlier.’
‘Well, there’s none of you.Is that why you thought I was calling?’
‘Yeah.’ I lowered my voice, embarrassment washing over me.
‘Oh, hon.Sorry.I was just calling to see how your first outing went.I didn’t mean to trigger you.’
‘It’s my fault.I shouldn’t have jumped to conclusions.I just got worried.I shouldn’t have agreed to take one with him, but I was kind of on a high about the whole horse-riding thing.’
‘Wait, what?You didhorse riding?’
‘Yep!’ Pride filled my chest.
‘Horse ridingandposing for photos?Wow.Who are you and what the hell have you done with my bestie?’ she laughed.
‘I know, right?Next thing you know I’ll be bungee jumping.’
‘If you do that, I’ll definitely know you’ve been abducted by an alien!’
‘Very funny.Seriously though, are you sure there’s no photos?’
