CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE

I found my exams tougher than the previous semester. Maybe because I was spaced out or busy crying when I should’ve been reading but I couldn’t afford my grades slipping.

I was there on the premise of keeping a certain grade point or I could have my scholarship terminated. Life was tough but I wanted to prove that I was more than a charity case.

I could hear the collective groans from my course mates when the invigilator had instructed us to dot our i's and cross our t's. I was just glad it was over.

We’d also gotten the email back that our papers were accepted and we’d be travelling to Michigan in three weeks time. From one academic pursuit to the other.

Jared and I hadn’t spoken since the cheese burger incident. I’d come to terms with the fact that we could exist as colleagues and lecturers.

“You know, if anyone asked me, I would have thought that us being found out would bring our relationship to an end. Not us in fact.”

Alyssa agreed when I reasoned out loud.

I took one look at