*Ophelia*

I can hear Asher before I see him. Courtney’s standing before him all done up, but her face is scrunched up in rage, red blotches on her cheeks and down her neck. “How dare you talk to me this way! Who the hell do you think you are?”

“I don’t care who you think I am. I’m in love with Ophelia, and nothing you can say will change how I feel!”

I stop in my tracks, Asher’s parents both running into me. I can’t help it. Did he just say ...