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she wanted to be treated. If they didn’t, she moved on.
    She wished Natalie were sitting across from her. Natalie would know what to say to make her feel better. And she’d give her advice about what to do.
    Eden crumpled the tissue in her hand, tossing it into the wastebasket by her desk. “It’s over. Done with. Time to move on.”
    â€œBut don’t you want to know why he’s breaking up with you?”
    Eden waved her cell phone in Claudia’s face. “Ever since I got his text message, I’ve been calling him. I’ve sent my own texts. He won’t answer.”
    Claudia rolled her eyes. “That’s so typical of a guy.”
    â€œWhat am I supposed to do if he won’t talk to me?”
    â€œYou make him talk to you,” Claudia insisted.
    â€œHow?”
    â€œYou confront him. If he wants to break up with you, he has to do it in person.”
    Eden looked at Claudia like she was crazy. “Get dumped twice? I don’t think so! Once was painful enough.”
    â€œThen at least give him a piece of your mind. Don’t let him off the hook so easily. You think I didn’t see him in the cafeteria today with his new girlfriend? I did!”
    â€œWhy didn’t you say anything?”
    â€œI didn’t want you to feel bad.”
    Eden was stunned. This was so unlike Claudia!
    â€œAfter all, what is this? The fourth guy who’s dumped you in the last six months?” Claudia didn’t wait for an answer. “Not that I’m keeping track. Maybe you should get some relationship books from the library. It could help you avoid making the same mistakes. Obviously, you’re doing something wrong with every guy you go out with.”
    Eden couldn’t believe what she was hearing! She had thought Claudia was trying to make her feel better. Instead, she was being critical! The way she always was!
    â€œPay attention to Chase and me,” Claudia said before Eden could say anything. “We’re the perfect couple. That’s why we’re going to be voted Most Romantic at the Valentine’s Day dance next week.”
    Eden hated to admit it, but Claudia and Chase were the perfect couple. They’d been together forever. What was their secret, and what was she doing wrong? Why did the guys she went out with keep dumping her? She was a pretty girl and guys were always asking her out on dates. She’d gone out with four different guys since September. Why didn’t anything last beyond a month? Was she unlovable? Was that what it was?
    Eden could feel tears welling in her eyes again. She reached for another tissue and blew her nose.
    She didn’t know what to do.
    All she did know was that she was going to be alone on Valentine’s Day.
    That thought made her cry even more.
    â€œBonnie, please stop crying. Please ,” Natalie begged. “If you stop crying, I’ll buy you any toy you want.”
    Natalie hated resorting to blackmail, but what else could she do? Claudia had been gone for twenty minutes and Bonnie was still crying and showing no signs of winding down. Where did she find the energy?
    Natalie had tried everything to get Bonnie to stop crying. She sang, she danced. She offered to put on her favorite DVDs, play with her toys, bake cookies. Nothing worked. Bonnie just kept crying and crying, running from room to room and screaming at the top of her lungs. She was like one of those car alarms that wouldn’t turn off!
    What if someone walking by heard Bonnie crying? She didn’t want them to think she was hurting her. And whoever said toddlers went through the Terrible Twos had never dealt with Bonnie and the Terrible Fours!
    Natalie wished she wasn’t all alone. How could Claudia have left her? Duh! Dumb question. Because that was Claudia. The only person she ever thought about was herself. Eden never would have left her alone. Eden would have stayed and tried to help calm Bonnie down.