After Brenda had shown me that post and I saw the nasty comments, I was shaken. I tried to push it to the back of my mind, telling myself that it wasn’t worth my energy, but it lingered, gnawing at me like an itch I couldn’t scratch. I wanted to respond and defend myself, but what was the point? People would believe what they wanted to believe.
I told myself to focus on my work instead. I had already missed days at the office, and I needed to make up for it. I knew I should have gone to Nick’s office to properly thank him for everything he had done for me, but the last thing I wanted was to stir up any more suspicion, especially after Mrs. Veronica’s warning. The way she had said it, how she made it clear that she would be watching us, made me hesitate. The last thing I needed was to give
