My anger has turned into discomfort and anxiety, no longer enraged by Alex standing me up. While it does hurt, I’m starting to think that there may be more to it than I’d expected.
When Hailey returns with Lenard, my slowly spiraling thoughts only get worse.
“He had a weird look on his face, then kinda walked off. When I went to find him, he was on his phone. Something about him seemed…I dunno. Like, kinda freaked out. He covered it up when he noticed me, but I saw it. And then he said he had to go and told the rest of us to have fun.”
“Why didn’t you sssay anything to anyone?”
“I mean…I supposed it was his business. It really did seem serious. I just…” Lenard scratches the back of his head. “I wasn’t expecting him to not show up today. Or to your date. If anything, I thought he’d let
