“Wow,” Nan breathed. “He actually showed up.”
“I’m just as surprised,” I admitted, my eyes never leaving Gavin who reached his designated seat.
“If only everyone around here knew that you almost slept with him,” Nan chuckled, shoving me playfully. “They would lose their minds!”
“They will never know,” I told her, shaking my head. “I don’t want to be on their hit list.”
“Hey, Judy,” a friend of mine, Water, said as he paused beside Nan. Walter was a sweet guy that I befriended in high school. He is also one of the top students and a candidate for the scholarship. Unlike Carol, Walter had always been a friendly competitor.
He gave me a broad and toothy smile, making Nan smirk.
“I heard about your family’s financial problems,” Walter went right into saying, making me frown immedia
