A week later, Olivia called me. "Nathaniel has blacklisted me throughout the industry. Everyone in our class keeps calling me a homewrecker, and I can't even get the deposit back on my apartment."She sounded desperate as she pleaded, "Eve, please. Can you talk to Nathaniel for me? I'm really out of options."I stared at the solution in the petri dish in front of me as it slowly changed color, saying nothing. When she realized I wasn't going to respond, Olivia quickly changed tactics and appealed to our past. "Eve, don't you remember when we first started college? You got sick and had a fever, and I stayed up with you all night in the dorm."Don't you remember when your boss shorted you on your pay from your part-time job? I was the one who went there and argued with him for you."I was always so good to you. You can't just stand by and watch me lose everything!" "Olivia," I finally cut her off. She fell silent. "That time freshman year when I had a fever? You were faking
続きを読む
ログイン
