I waited for him to open up.
I usually sat alone, but he chose to sit beside me because he needed a friend.
“So,” he paused.
“So,” I mimicked.
“It all started as a favor to Cash. He noticed she was into him, and well, you know him.” Carl paused.
“It was not something we hadn’t done before.” He lifted his gaze, and I could see how conflicted he was.
“I can’t tell her…” he looked down at his hands.
“I am so stupid…” he lifted his gaze. “I fell for her…”
Everything went quiet.
I didn’t dare utter a single word.
He was fidgeting with his hands. His level of anxiety was spiking by the minute.
“If I tell her, I’m going to lose her,” he whispered.
I hated the whole thing.
The deception.
The lie.
And the pain it inevitably caused.
If Carl revealed the truth, Sage wou
