We just stood there then. I couldn’t think of anything to say after that embarrassingly long speech.
“Uhmm, I should probably get back to class now”, I finally said, breaking the silence. I had expected him to argue or get even angrier that I was justifying my blatant disregard when I spoke of him the way that I had.
But he just seemed to accept it, without much resistance.
When he didn’t give me a reply, I just turned around with the intention of going back to the lecture, internally dreading the possibility that the Professor might not let me enter again and scold me in front of the class… since Daniel wasn’t there, he had no reason to allow me back in class.
Sometimes, a small part of me wished I had the kind of blatant influence and monopoly that Daniel Kane enjoyed. No wonder he w
