EVERYTHING HE OWED HER
The questions sat right there behind my teeth, heavy and impatient, and I swallowed every single one of them anyway.
I grabbed my bag and walked out first, fast, before my face could betray every single thing I was working so hard to hide. In the corridor, a classmate fell into step beside me, grinning. "So you and the Blancham heir, huh? Small world."
"It's a project. That's all."
"Sure," she said, in the same tone Della always used. Like the whole world already knew something I was still trying to outrun.
Outside, students spilled across the courtyard, laughing about assignments and weekend plans like that was an actual problem worth having. I almost envied them for it. Mine had just walke