When I heard that Tom was going to visit Gatsby, I was terrified. What would I do if Gatsby, on a whim, told Tom that we loved each other? But hopefully nothing of the sort happened. Tom even wants us to go to Gatsby's party on Saturday. Maybe he even liked Gatsby. I hope he does not learn about us anytime soon.
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That party was not what I had expected from a man like Gatsby! I've heard millions of people talk about mad parties and how much fun they have when they go to them but how could this be one of the parties they are talking about? It was so boring this time. I did not have any fun. It was full of drunk people, just walking around picking fights with each other. I could say without hesitation that, this was a very uneventful night for me, quite the opposite of what I had expected. I had expected that Tom would learn about me and Gatsby. I don't know what I would have done if that had happened. Gatsby is rich and all but Tom is different. He has been rich his whole life, he knows how a rich man should act. I could call him "noble" without hesitation, something I could not say about Gatsby. Gatsby did not use to be this way. He was poor, I even heard somewhere that he was a janitor. And maybe Tom is right, maybe Gatsby did make all this money by bootlegging. Maybe he is just a simple criminal. Maybe he is not the type of rich I deserve. Of course I love him but Tom being there I don't think I could run away with Gatsby. My heart is Gatsby's but my mind is always with Tom and it will always be with him. But I'm afraid that Tom might have suspected that something is going on between me and Gatsby. Him being rude to Gatsby bothered me too but it did have a reason behind it. If I suspected that a man was trying to steal my wife, I would have been rude to them too. Gatsby could never provide me with the wealth Tom could. This is not 1917 and we are not in that car anymore. This is not November and Gatsby is going to war.
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