Wow. She and I were friends for decades. She took me under her wing at one of the lowest points of my life. Taught me a great deal about starting over with nothing but pain to show for where I had been. Lately we were getting closer...like the kind of friend you keep t'ill the grave. Then she used me and pretended as if that is simply the way things go down sometimes. Didn't even blink! So I cut the cord.

Permanently. She will not fess up to what she did was all kinds of wrong but cannot understand why I would go my own way. And I never want her to hug me let alone touch me ever again. And she deserves no explanation. And will get none. And so it goes. I'll love her forever. Cherish and share the awesome life lessons she taught me. So now...I'll love her from a distance. Forever. It hurts like I don't even have words to articulate. But some things must simply be endured. Not understood. The problem with betrayal is that it never comes from an enemy. Here's hoping the end of your story is a little better than mine. Peace and blessings be upon you and yours.

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