Bully Me
even beginning to turn a greenish yellow in places.
Somehow, he managed to keep a straight face. Anything other than a deadpan expression could be misconstrued as guilt, or worse... weakness.
The skin around Alfie's left eye was so puffy and swollen it looked as if he could barely see out of the eye and two little white butterfly stitches crossed the cut by his eye and the bridge of his nose.
'He's a real mess,' Sam thought. This was what he'd craved—to see Alfie's handsome face messed up beyond recognition, but somehow, it didn't feel quite as satisfying as he'd imagined it might. It didn't erase the betrayal or humiliation.