Offside: Three World Cups, One Wrong Girl

Emma and Cole dated for twelve years, confident they knew each other deeply. Cole had spent three World Cups traveling with his childhood friend Lily instead of Emma. Emma finally got a match ticket this time, yet he still chose to fly to the games with Lily. Without tears or fights, she tore up the ticket, packed up, cut all contact and left the city. Cole panicked only after losing her, rushing to her hometown with flowers to reconcile. But Emma was no longer the girl who would compromise for