TAYLOR

I watch as Arlin approaches River. The music in the hall is so loud that even though they are just a few feet away, I can't hear a single word that they are saying. Arlin was a notorious playboy in school, and seeing him try to play his way into River's life was annoying, and I could not place a finger on the reason it was annoying to me.

I watch them walk to the door and then disappear out of the hall. Why did it bother me what she did? She was a big girl capable of thinking for ...