SIR
“We didn’t mean for any of this to happen. The situation with my family is so incredibly complicated right now, and we had to hide things to protect–”
“To protect who, Lucia? Yourselves?” Chloe shouts, her voice slowly rising into a shrill, wounded register that echoes off the high brick walls of the gymnasium. She shoves my hands away before I can even touch her sleeve. “You sat on the phone with me for an hour two nights ago, letting me play the absolute fool. You let me cry about how he didn’t want me, all while you were sneaking around behind my back. You are a disgusting, selfish liar.”
“Chloe, I think you need to calm down,” Eli interrupts, stepping up beside me.