Almost Yours
Eventually, they gave in.
Not because they believed him.
Because they didn’t want to lose him.
The guilt followed Dennis like a shadow after that.
He became frantic. Rushed. Everywhere at once. One afternoon, he asked Rihanna to come with him to his old college to collect certificates he’d never bothered picking up.
“I won’t be long,” he said. “Just paperwork.”
The campus felt like another world.
Dennis walked like he owned the place—easy, familiar. People recognized him instantly.
“Dennis!”