A Promise He Never Kept
I had nothing to do there, so I started looking for a quiet way to slip out.
But then Abigail turned to me with a soft smile and said, "So, you're Geraldine. I've heard a lot about you. You were the art department's beauty, right?"
Caught off guard, I waved my hands quickly. "Oh, that's not true. People were just teasing back in college."
I thought that would be the end of the topic, but she wouldn't let go. She continued, "Oh, come on. I remember the dance performance you did at the school ball. There were piles of flowers under your dorm the next day!"