Elijah POV
“Hey, wait up.”
I recognized Joe’s voice immediately and I sighed before I turned around to see Joe jogging up to me.
We hadn’t spoken since I ran out of the sparring circle yesterday and my stomach was in knots the whole morning at the thought of facing him again.
Yes, I was embarrassed about what happened. I was sure that Joe would start asking questions and I didn’t know what to tell him. I barely understood my own feelings about my father, but it felt impossible to form those feelings into words and express them to someone else.
My thoughts were interrupted by a gasp and I realized that Joe was staring at my mark.
“Congratulations man, I’m really happy to see that you and Sally finally got around to mark each other.” He winked.
“Yeah, thanks.” I said and awkwardly sc
