At twenty-five that Christmas, I, Jasmin Bennet, kept an intern named John Murphy.
As long as he maintained a relationship with me, I ensured his smooth transition to a full-time position and paid off his parents' gambling debts.
So this handsome young man was forced to stay by my side for three Christmases.
Later, the company went bankrupt, and I had both my legs broken by enemies.
When John and his first love Riley Watson gazed at each other from afar, tears filling their eyes, I quietly left, and he never came looking for me.
Later still, I huddled on busy streets selling snacks while he had already taken his place as CEO of a publicly traded company, still deeply in love with Riley.
His gaze toward me was cold as ice.
I smiled bitterly and asked, "Do you think I'm a joke?"
He responded with tears streaming down his face: "I've always thought you were a joke."
