Betrayed by Those I Trusted

He Was Texting My Best Friend and... I Wasn’t Even Surprised. I accidentally found out that my boyfriend

had been texting my best friend. We were at his place watching a movie, he fell asleep,

and his phone buzzed. On the screen: “So you still haven’t told her?” —from my best friend of

nine years. I opened their chat. Three months of messages: flirting, jokes,

photos, subtle hints. But nothing “technically wrong.” No kisses, no explicit messages

— just emotional intimacy. The kind he no longer had with me. And the worst part

was that I wasn’t surprised. I looked at his sleeping face and thought:

“Yeah… figures. Surprised it didn’t happen earlier.” It’s heartbreaking when you realize