He Asked Me To Leave The Party Early So His Friends Wouldn’t See Me—So I Did

said something reasonable and expected me to adjust myself around it. “You know how it is. They’re weird about personal stuff. I just don’t want it to be a whole thing.”

Something in me went very still. I heard my own voice answer before my feelings could rise up and complicate it.

“No problem at all,” I replied calmly.

Relief flickered across his face continue reading …