Abby:
As I bent down to drink, I heard Allie say, “Was there anything else you wanted, Jess?”
“No, I suppose there isn’t,” she replied. In an obvious display of disrespect, Jess walked over to a treadmill and hopped on, instead of leaving. Allie looked at me--Do you want me to have her kicked out? She asked over mind-link. I shook my head no in reply.
“Hey Jess,” I said, walking over to her.
“Hmm? I thought we were done?” She replied. It wasn’t lost on me the low grumble I was hearing at the other end of the gym.
“I thought we were too, but then you didn’t leave. I’m fine if you’d like to save face by training here today, but I’d like to be clear: this gym is no longer open to you. Is that understood?”
“Who do you think you are?” Jess whispered fiercely. I remained calm and did not
