Maybe he was finally getting the hint that I wanted nothing to do with him. Or maybe he just didn’t want his precious Irene to feel insecure and worried that his mind was elsewhere.
“Is it okay if I sit with you while you tutor?” She asked. “I need to get my mind off stuff.”
I glanced at Matt who was still busy doing his homework before I turned back to Irene.
“I don’t mind,” I told her.
She looked relieved and relaxed back into the loveseat. I went to Matt and sat beside him. We spent the next hour doing the rest of his homework and going over the stuff that he had already done. Once completed, we went out back to practice combat and defense. As we walked outside, I was surprised to see that Irene was following us. Her nose was still buried in her phone, and she was barely paying
