Noah

I stayed sitting there long after Jessa ran out the door, staring at the spot where she’d been like some kind of idiot.

At first, the room went quiet, the laughter dying off like everyone suddenly realized maybe they’d gone too far. But only for a heartbeat. Then, as if they couldn’t stand the silence, people started chuckling again, tossing out little jokes to cover up what had just happened.

They didn’t seem to care that Jessa had bolted like someone had just ripped her heart ...