The Nerd Who Played the Game
"That's called understated elegance. Designer chic at its finest!"
"Mr. Stuart, it's me, your old back-row buddy from high school. You're something else now."
The bootlicking surged, more saccharine than their earlier worship of Zach. Amnesia conveniently erased their prior venom toward me and my family.
Zach's complexion drained to ashen, his benevolent job offers now a punchline hanging in the air.
Shannon, snapping from her shock, tightened her jaw and finally broke her silence. "Troy, you've outdone yourself."