Chapter 269

• When she stands up to leave, she walks to the door then turns to look at me. She swallows, as if summoning up courage to speak.
• She smiles nervously. “Are you sure there’s nothing I can do to make sure I pass my re-sit?”
• I’m a little confused. That’s what we’ve just been talking about for the last half hour. She turns the key in my office door, and I hear the lock click home. She puts her bag down and peels off her tee-shirt. She looks good in her bra and jeans, but my mind is racing. “Oh shit,” I’m thinking. “How do I get out of this unscathed? This could go wrong in so many ways.”