The Fool He Made Me
"After all we've been through, you don't need to worry about me."
He was silent for a moment. "Actually, I..."
Esther suddenly appeared behind him, clutching a stack of notebooks. Her voice was sugary and whiny. "Shane, you promised to help me study. Where did you run off to?"
She shoved the notes at him, batting her lashes. "I saw your tutoring plan goes two months out, so I prepared some study materials. You're not mad I snooped, right?"
"Not at all," Shane responded with a forced smile, shooting me a quick, guilty glance.