You knew she liked Robert because she told you.

It was a surprise, but you were grateful she'd been so honest with you.

You thought that indirect rejection was enough to make it real and let go of your feelings for her. What you thought was just a simple attraction, nothing more.

But when you saw them dancing at Robert's party, it made it clear that your feelings were perhaps much deeper and that it was going to hurt more than you'd planned.

You went out onto the balcony when you saw them together, your drink in hand, lost in thought.

"Hey, what are you doing standing here catching a chill?" Visi asked, with her typical teasing tone and sly smile that you used to love so much, but which now only caused you pain.