Bittersweet Candy Bowl

124. Second String, page posted 4/25/25

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Veronica: Mike is unaware it was Daisy who went around blabbing to everyone.. Paulo had self-control! He would have rather nobody known! Especially not airheaded blabbermouth James!

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Comment ID #27795

Mike won’t stop!

EzekielWonders

Comment ID #27796

oh this is going to get worse before it gets better

SomeColourMage

Comment ID #27797

Mike, I get what you are saying, but Daisy 100% was asking everyone they are even vaugly friends with

Fiver

Comment ID #27798

Miiiikkee… Stoooppp… like right now!

Yellow467

Comment ID #27799

Man, Mike needs to work some stuff out. He is becoming a lot like Lucy at her worst points. Knowing this is largely due to his romantic life being not-so-good and interpersonal troubles makes it kind of frustrating. It isn’t your fault, Mike, but it is your responsibility.

Sometimes a Badger

Comment ID #27800

Okay Mike, reel it in a bit bud

whiteboypizza

Comment ID #27801

Man, Mike desperatly needs a win

It’s bad enough that he was abused by Lucy and got gaslighted into thinking it was his fault but i was really hoping James would have been the friend that would pick him back up. Instead he just instantly drops him like a brick the moment he saw someone slightly faster

Yeah, Mike is being mean to James but after that “we don’t need Mike” comment he kinda had it coming.

Especially with him not even apologizing after being made so obviously clear he stepped out of line

Kiall Vun Myeret

Comment ID #27802

Something gonna snap

Joselyn Rivera

Comment ID #27803

Mike: (facepalms)

James: ?

SCD

Comment ID #27804

i love david sm

AridShrub

Comment ID #27805

That’s not fair, Mike.

1) That is definitely something you let slip to a coworker during downtime.

2) James is probably low-risk for Abbey finding out since they are in different social circles.

3) The ONLY reason James let it slip was David’s antics confusing him. If I were James, even if I was told to not blab, it’d confuse me that David didn’t know, since he’s Paulo’s best bud.

So no, imo, James did nothing wrong.

Ashura Atsu

Comment ID #27806

Okay, I kinda need everyone to reel it in on Mike, poor man was manipulated into another toxic relationship with a pretty girl, and tried entering a new friend group that he thought was low risk, just to be outdone by a member of his old friend group again. I’ll let his sassiness slide due to him being rubbed raw by a comment and again not getting an owed apology.

The Chosen Revolutionary