Pt4

Mr. Smith stood there looking at her. He noticed the puffy eyes. He assumed she had been crying over Kieran. He decided to walk closer to her. “I take it you can’t open your eyes because there are swollen shut?”

She turned her head towards the sound of his voice. “Wouldn’t you cry if your best friend tried to have you harmed? Why are you her"

He took a seat and pulled the chair closer to her bed. “To talk with you. You’ve known Kieran for nearly a decade. Do you really think he’s capable of something like that?”

“In truth? No, but the way he’s been acting lately shows otherwise.”

“How so?”

“I’m sure you’re aware of the fact that he’s in love with me.”

“Yes, so? It would be glorious to join our families together. But I take it you don’t feel that way about him?”

“I don’t. He’s pushy. Well he’s been pushy and then extremely jealous.”

“Jealousy is a normal human response. I’m not making excuses for him.”

She interrupted him. “It sure sounds like you are.”