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Emma
Do not jump to conclusions. Do not jump to conclusions.
I repeat the words like a mantra as I wash my hands and dry them on the cloth-like paper towel provided in the luxurious restaurant bathroom. Despite the bit of blush I applied to my cheeks at Marcus’s place, my face looks much too pale in the mirror, my freckles starkly visible. As determined as I am not to jump to conclusions, I can’t ignore the fact that the conclusions aren’t good.
Men are dogs, Kendall told me before my second date with Marcus, and I know she spoke from experience. Unlike me, she’s dated all sorts of guys, rich and poor, handsome and plain. And she’s been cheated on, more than once. Whereas I’ve only had two boyfriends before Marcus, and both of them had been too nerdy and socially awkward to so much
