“Okay, I understand.”
“Can I ask for some info though? xnx “Defending you would have made it look more like Milo was right, and Joel was, like, believing nothing happened.” She paused. “Whatever.”
“I don’t know. I loudly sighed while looking straight at the screen, in a way that definitely would have captured Morgan’s attention. Can I leave?”
Morgan looked back and forth from Taylor to me, eventually stopping with a cold look at Taylor. I’d understand if you didn’t want that.”
“I do want that,” I told her, and as a gesture, I was the one who brought her in close. And tonight, I was finally going to claim her, after so long. Oh, you know. You think this is cool?” I asked, unsure. “If you don’t want to go, you can be honest with me…”
“I just thought about my Mother now, and how she’s going to react to
