*Esmerelda*

I hadn’t wanted this to be any more drawn out than it needed to be. Abner knew where I stood on a friendship with him, on anything with him, in the future. He had his chance, and he knew very well how he had dealt with it.

My reaction was nothing but understandable. Some may have even said it was generous. I could have refused to even talk to him outside the cafeteria.

I stood up from my seat, having said everything I could possibly say to him. There was ...