I Was the Fifth Friend, Until They Made Me Nothing
I Was the Fifth Friend, Until They Made Me Nothing
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They made a graduation puzzle for five—and left Natalie out. Then came four coffees, four front-row seats, and a custom bracelet Mason bought for Claire while forgetting his own girlfriend’s gift. Natalie doesn’t fight for a place anymore. She packs one suitcase and flies to Zurich without saying goodbye. The moment they realize she’s really gone, everything flips. Mason starts calling nonstop. Her brother demands she come back. Claire suddenly wants to “fix” the misunderstanding. Natalie has only one answer: no. They spent four years proving they could live without her. Now they can watch her do the same—and discover exactly what falls apart when the girl they treated like nothing finally stops coming back.
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Chapter 1 of I Was the Fifth Friend, Until They Made Me NothingOn the eve of graduation, the custom puzzle my brother had ordered for our group of five finally arrived.Owen called Caleb, my childhood friend, Mason, my boyfriend, and Claire over so we could open it together.Once we’d finished the puzzle, Claire pointed at the four lifelike figures in the picture. She covered her mouth in exaggerated surprise and gave me a timid look.“Oh. Why are there only four of us? Did the shop mess up and forget to include Nat…?”The living room went silent.Owen froze for a second, then scratched his head casually.“The draft was based on that beach photo from last month. You were off to the side tying your shoe, Nat, so you weren’t in the picture. The seller just drew the four people they saw.”Mason patted my shoulder, gently trying to smooth things over.“It’s fine. It’s only a puzzle. Nat’s never cared about sentimental stuff like this anyway, right?”I stared at the tightly interlocking puzzle. There wasn’t even space for a fifth person. Inside, I felt nothing.Right. I didn’t care.I didn’t care that whenever we went to an escape room, the four of them piled into the car and drove off without me.I didn’t care that every group-chat conversation died the second I joined in.I didn’t care that on group trips, they gave the only room with a window to Claire and left me in the basement.If their world had already locked perfectly into place around four people, then it was time for the extra piece to quietly disappear.
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