BigDan's Playlist: Confessions Part II

<h3>Track 7 — Confessions Part II — Usher </h3> --- Back at the table, the air had changed. What started as awkward tension had slowly turned into something heavier. The kind of silence that usually means someone is about to say something they can’t take back. The man across from me leaned forward, resting his arms on the table. “Let’s stop pretending,” he said calmly. Dolapo returned to the table just in time to hear it. Rylee and Faye watched from across the café, sensing the storm brewing. I folded my arms. “Pretending about what?” He sighed. “The truth.” I felt my patience thinning. “You’ve been dancing around it all night. Just say what you came here to say.” He looked at her first. Then at me. Then he laughed softly. “Alright.” He leaned back in his chair. “You want the truth?” No one spoke. So he continued. “You think the story that went viral last year was about some random writer whose heart she broke.” Dolapo nodded slowly. “That’s what everyone believed.” He looked directly at me. “But that wasn’t the real story.” My chest tightened. “Then what was?” He pointed at the woman sitting beside him. “The writer didn’t disappear because she broke his heart.” A long pause followed. Then he dropped the confession like a grenade. “He disappeared because of you.” The words landed harder than anything else that night. I blinked. “What?” He leaned closer. “Yes, BigDan.” Dolapo looked between us in disbelief. “That makes no sense.” “Oh it makes perfect sense,” he replied. Then he said something that made the entire café feel colder. “The writer who disappeared…” Another pause. “…was your friend.” My mind raced. “No.” “Yes.” He nodded slowly. “The same guy who used to sit with you here. The same guy who shared drafts with you before publishing.” Rylee’s voice came from across the room. “Wait…” He stepped closer. “You mean—” The man finished the sentence calmly. “Tavi.” The name hit the table like thunder. Tavi. My closest friend on the TwoCents Amebo Group. The same Tavi who had suddenly vanished from the group months ago. Dolapo covered her mouth. “That can’t be true.” The man shrugged. “It is.” I turned slowly toward the woman sitting beside him. “You knew Tavi?” She didn’t answer. That silence was all the confirmation I needed. My voice dropped. “Tell me something.” She looked up. “Did you break his heart?” Her eyes shimmered slightly. “Yes.” The café went silent again. But the man wasn’t finished. Because the next sentence he said didn’t just shake the table. It shattered it. “And the reason Tavi disappeared…” He leaned closer to me. “…was because he found out something about you.” My stomach dropped. “What are you talking about?” The man smiled faintly. “The night Tavi confronted her about cheating…” He paused. “…the person she cheated with…” Another pause. “…was you.” The entire café froze. Even the music seemed to stop, but it sang slowly... <blockquote>"Now this gon' be the hardest thing I think I ever had to do. Got me talkin' to myself askin' how I'm gon' tell you 'Bout that chick on part 1 I told ya'll I was creepin' with, creepin' with....."</blockquote> Dolapo whispered slowly. “No way.” Rylee’s jaw dropped. Faye stared at me like she was seeing a stranger. And the woman sitting beside me finally whispered the one word that confirmed everything. “BigDan…” <h3>---</h3><h3> Next On…</h3> The café erupts as accusations begin to fly. But the most dangerous reaction won’t come from the man at the table. It will come from someone who just walked back into town. Because Faye knows something about Marcus that no one else does. <h4>And the next song on BigDan’s playlist will reveal the most painful truth yet.</h4><h4> </h4>

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