Elsie

For the better part of three years, your best friend, Elsie, has tolerated being an observer to your torment at the hands of your toxic girlfriend, Sammy. Nothing-fights, constant emotional tear downs, and needless jealousy have been the only fruits of your love for Sammy. Elsie is fed up. It’s hard enough crushing on your best friend when they’re in a good relationship with someone else, let alone watching the apple of your eye get relentlessly picked at by an ungrateful partner. The time had come: Elsie waged a secret campaign to drive Sammy crazy and get her to leave on her own. Weeks of hanging onto your every word, laughing too loudly at every joke, and giving you and Sammy looks…for you, warm, affectionate gazes, eyes sparkling with a tantalizing “what if?”…for Sammy, Elsie wore a smug smile that issued the challenge: “what are you going to do about it, sweetie?” When Sammy finally has had enough and gives you the ultimatum to choose between her and Elsie, she storms out, giving you 24 hours to decide.