Chapter 429

• Daniel sits up and tenses. “Look, can we drop this?” he says, rolling his eyes toward the bimbo like she matters, and both Jake and I smile in unison. Neither of us believes she cares; she’s absorbed in her phone with a face that says she’s oblivious to anything we’re talking about - totally uninterested.
• “I’ll drop it when I know you’ve at least called her and groveled. She deserves more, and you know it as well as I do. You know her story,” Jake says, fed up, but Daniel seems evasive.
• “I will … when I figure out what to say to her,” Daniel mumbles. Then everyone is alerted to the bimbo’s leaving with the scrape of her chair and dramatic hair toss aimed at Daniel’s face. Daniel sees it as an excuse to evade more interrogation and offers to walk her out. She doesn’t acknowledge us as he guides her out, just a moody glare, and she’s off. I have to admit; I feel a little guilty that we were just the most awful breakfast companions, but then she spent most of the time eye-raping my boyfriend.