What An Disastrous Love Can Do To An Man’s Soul — Part Five

If you haven’t read it yet, I recommend checking out the first, second, third, and fourth parts of this story.

Well, I should have been smarter.

I saw that coming months before.

In fact, I stated that this would happen!

But even so, I believed that I could conquer my girlfriend. I thought I could make her stop loving the American.

It didn't work.

Shortly after he revolted for being dumped and breaking his hand, punching a wall to make a scene (I think he forgot that in Brazil, we don’t have drywalls), she was very moved. We were officially still boyfriends, but… We had this dialogue the next day:

"Hi! Where have you been, I called there, and your parents said you left; I even thought you would come here at home…”

"No, Ju... I went out with a friend."

My spine froze: “A friend? And what is the nationality of this friend of yours?”

“American.”

“You can’t go out with him!”

“How can I not? He is my friend!”

“And I am your BOYFRIEND. And I’m saying that you can’t go out with him!”

“Ah, so I CAN’T?”

Nobody would forbid that girl to do what she wanted. Nowadays, I would have never spoken to her again at the very beginning of this story, but, at that time, I still…