I shrugged. “It’s fine. Don’t worry about it.” My phone vibrated and I looked at the screen. It was a text from Jai, which I chose to ignore. I didn’t want to deal with him right now.
“Look, I ordered a ride, so I’ll be heading home shortly. I’ll probably see you on one of my runs soon, yeah?”
“Uh sure. I—”
My ride pulled up right then, so I just waved at Dax, took my mask out of my back pocket, and put it on before hopping into the car. As the driver pulled away from the curb, I tried not to focus on the fact I was running away with my tail between my legs.
What had I been thinking, anyway? Moron.
* * * *
Jai called me at ten the next morning while I was working on software project budgets. He’d texted me a few more times after I’d gotten home the night before, but I had continued t
