Rikku folded her arms, shaking. "She ... she made it sound like ... like he was calling them all to b-brag about what we ... you know, like 'hey, guess what, guys, heh heh' but h-hadn't told them ... that he l-loved me." Her voice was smaller now. "She made me think that ... th-that everything I'd thought was beautiful was ... ch-cheap and ... and she screamed at me to stop t-taking advantage of him b-because she knew what I was l-like and ..."

She closed her eyes. "I didn't bother asking him, 'cause I thought ... how else w-would she know? Why would she have my number? I mean ... I just ... left."