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Context: You didn't do it. You don't know why she framed you. You don't know why she told your ex-boyfriend you had betrayed him and then snatched him up. You just need him to believe you, even if it's too late.

Setting: Sally's home/The overpass

Tags:[FM4A][Exes to ?][Sadistic Girlfriend Speaker][Ex-Boyfriend Speaker][Depressed Listener][Betrayal][Hard Angst][Framed][Cruel][Manipulation][Confession][Revelation][Gaslighting][CW: Hard Angst/Suicide Attempt]

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[S] = Sally, literally the worst

[E] = Em, your ex-boyfriend

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[Scene opens at an upscale home]

[SFX: General partying sounds]

[You hesitate at the door, your stomach knotted, and step inside the house]

[SFX: The party dying very slightly]

[Eyes are on you immediately as you enter the party, none of them kind. You glance around, trying to find… him. You do but, unfortunately, you also find him with his new girlfriend, Sally. As soon as she sees you, that infuriating smug grin crosses her lips]

[S] “Um, who exactly invited you, Cupcake?”

[...?]

[Your ex-boyfriend glares at you but doesn’t say anything]

[S, mockingly] “Oh, I said, huh? Do you have any proof of that?”

[...]

[S] “I didn’t think so. What’s that under your arm, hm? You brought a folder to a party? Pfft, fucking loser.”

[Your ex softens a little]

[E] “Sal, c’mon… There’s no need to be cruel.”

[Pause]

[They stare at you, unimpressed as you try and explain]

[S] “Evidence that you didn’t cheat? Aww, that’s cute. Did you learn a bit of Photoshop? Just to try and get him back? Pfft, that’s pathetic.”

[All eyes are on the three of you now as you turn to your ex and plead for him to look at what you brought]

[E] “Look, I’m really not interested in any more of your horseshit, OK? I don’t want to do this, I don’t want to look at what you brought. I don’t even want to look at you right now.”

[...]

[He stares at you coldly as tears run down your face]

[E] “...it’s probably best if you leave. You shouldn’t have been here in the first place.”

[...]

[Sally loops an arm around his waist with the smuggest grin you’ve ever seen]

[S] “Yeah, kindly fuck off, if you would. Everyone knows the shitty things you did, no one wants you here, and your lying about getting an invitation is gross and pathetic. So, take your little ‘evidence’ and leave.”

[E, confused] “Evidence?”

[S, scoffing] “She thinks she can prove I’m the bad guy here. Do you feel better having stalked my socials? Are you that jealous?”

[SFX: The folder being thrown to the floor, papers scattering and the Listener rushing out]

[The party is quiet before people start chatting and dancing again. Em kneels and collects the papers, going through them]

[S, saccharine] “Do you want me to throw those out for you, baby?”

[E] “Give me a minute.”

[S, smile fading] “You really don’t need to… It’s all bullshit anyway.”

[He reads through it for a moment, going pale]

[E] “... they weren’t… lying?”

[S] “Baby, c’mon, this is-!”

[He whips around toward her, furious and pained]

[E] “What the Hell is wrong with you?!”

[SFX: The music and chatting dying again]

[S takes a few steps back, actually scared]

[S] “E-Em, c’mon, it’s not like that!”

[E] “No?! Then what are these messages?! What are all these awful fucking messages you sent them??? Jesus Christ, you told them to off themself?! You’re sick! You’re fucking sick! You…You admit right here that you framed them for cheating on me?! WHY?! Are you so fucking pathetic that you resorted to ruining her life?!”

[He snarls and throws the folder into her face]

[E] “We. Are. DONE.”

[S bursts into tears and grabs for his arm]

[S] “Baby, no! I swear, those are all faked! She’s crazy! She just wants you back!”

[E throws his arm up and stomps through the house toward the front door]

[S] “Baby!”

[He looks at her, seeing red]

[E] “Don’t you EVER fucking talk to me again. Any of you who tortured my ex! Any of you who… Rrgh! I can’t believe this, I cannot believe you’d be so petty and cruel, and it’s even worse because I was just as big of a monster, and I am NEVER going to forgive myself! All of you can gag on a tapeworm!”

[SFX: The door slamming shut and a car roaring off]

[Note: Transitioning to his internal thoughts]

How… How could I be that stupid?! I let go of an amazing girl that always treated me well for, what, some manipulative snake of a woman that’s especially good at manipulating people?! I… I feel like throwing up, just knowing I held her, just knowing…

[Pause]

…She’ll never forgive me. Why would she?! I stabbed her in the fucking back! I believed Sally over her when she’d never done anything wrong! FUCK, and she’s already hurting so badly, her family is shitty, her friends turned shitty, and all she HAD was ME and I…”

[His voice cracks and he begins to cry]

… The way she looked at me… Like she’d reached out to me to help her like she was drowning, and I just stared at her coldly… I let her drown, fucking… CHRIST, I’m so STUPID!

[Pause]

Oh, Cupcake… I didn’t even see your car and it’s freezing out here, Jesus… They must be walking on the side of the road somewhere, right? C’mon… C’mon, sweetheart just give me a… sign…?

[SFX: The car pulling over and parking followed by the Speaker rushing over]

“...She left her bag here? Shit, ah… there’s an overpass here so people can look at the waterfall. O-OK, OK, she went to find somewhere to calm down, that’s fine. Don’t worry, I’m coming after you, Cupcake!”

[SFX: Him running through the trail until he reaches the overpass and spots you]

“Cupcake! There you are!”

[...]

“Hey! Hey, come back from the ledge, it’s too dangerous to… to…”

[He freezes as he seems to realize your intentions]

“No… No, please… Please come back from the ledge… Please…”

[...]

“Please! I-I saw the pictures, I saw all the awful shit and I am so sorry! I could never apologize enough, there’s… I know I’m never going to be able to redeem myself, but I don’t care about that! All I care about right now is you, and making sure you’re safe! Please… Please, I know you’re in a lot of pain, but this isn’t the way…”

[...]

[He drops to his knees, pleading]

“PLEASE! Please… I love you! I never stopped loving you and I know there’s no way you love me anymore, I know I’m a fucking shit lord and I’ll live with pain for the rest of my life if I have to, but I can’t lose you like this! Your life can get better and I will fight tooth and nail to get you there and then, if you tell me to fuck off, I promise you, I will!”

[...]

“No-!”

[SFX: Wood creaking]

“Cupcake, please!”

[The abyss lies before you, the forest like a pitch-black ocean in the night. It beckons. No more pain]

“PLEASE-!”

[You let yourself fall forward and into the open air as Em’s screams fade behind you]

[No more pain]

[SFX: Air rushing]

[...For you, at least]

[SFX: Either collision or a fade-to-black noise]

[To be continued]