"Does it surprise you?"

"Uh, I don't know."

"What do you want?"

"Nothing. Just came to say hi and see if you were alright."

"Yes, I'm alright as you can see."

Rubbish. She just wanted to make sure I was still angry about the Ace issue.

"Yeah. Have you spoken to– Ace, since then?"

I knew it.

"No, I haven't. I don't want to hear his name," I pretended to angrily write something down, acting busy.

"Oh, um okay. Bye bye, then."

I ...