Maximus:
"What are we going to do there?" Lamar asked us.
I had been speaking with Lamar for two days. I realized that if I wanted to win Helanie back, I might as well befriend her friends. Even if it would be a little awkward since I'm their professor, I didn't care anymore.
"So—Byron needs to talk to him," I pointed at Byron, who nodded.
"I feel kind of guilty for him ending up like this. And it's not like I bullied him just to be a bully," he added quickly, not wanting to seem like the bad guy. "I just didn't like that he was hanging around those guys."
He finished just as we arrived at the house. But when we turned around, we saw Benita rushing toward the house like a headless chicken.
"I'm sorry, don't you have a café to take care of?" Byron asked as he watched her open the main door for us.
