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"When you see an ex, you have to look better than you've ever looked, you have to make him think 'damn, I missed out on that?' That's like, the first rule of breakups"

~Taylor Jewel, The Summer I Turned Pretty (by Jenny Han)

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Lili was still depressed.

Even though she made a great effort to hide it, everyone saw it.

Her parents, Chloe, Tess, Cami, Mads, Erin, KJ, Vanessa, Charles.

Everyone.

She couldn't believe how the person who had always told her that he wanted to spend a lifetime with her had broken up with her for no proper explanation.

She was deeply hurt, and what hurt more was that she did nothing wrong, absolutely nothing wrong.

One week after the breakup, Cami and Mads decided they could no longer handle it, so they went to her trailer to ask what's going on.

Lili told them everything, everything about how Cole broke up with her and how he didn't even give her a reasonable explanation.

They were shocked, like really shocked, not just shocked.

Cole's love for Lili wasn't hidden, everyone knew that he was madly in love with her.

So hearing this news was a really big surprise.

"I can't believe he would do that to you." Cami said after a minute of silence.

"Yeah me too, he looked like he was really in love with you." Mads said, angrier than ever.

Lili held back tears.

"You know what? We're going to cheer you up, and then when he returns from that vacation of his you'll look gorgeous and he's going to be sorry he lost you. Really. Right, Mads?" Cami told Lili, her planning mode starting.

"Exactly. He's going to be sorry he lost you, so stop worrying. Forget about the past, forget the pain and remember what an incredible woman you are." Mads told Lili, angry at Cole for hurting her best friend like that.

Lili smiled through her tears, she was really lucky to have her best friends beside her, she didn't know what she would do without them.

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