Wow. Her breath caught, gaze locking on mine as if I'd just appeared out of thin air. That moment - her lips parted - it's him, she whispered inside her head
Heavy silence followed what was said. My throat closed up. Denial impossible. Just stood frozen inside that small dorm space as everything hidden - the thing I'd protected tight - broke apart like glass dropped on stone.
"You and Professor Anderson." She said it slowly, testing the words. "That's why Madison broke up with him. That's why you transferred classes. That's why the dean called you in."
"Ella - "
She sank onto the bed, as if her limbs had suddenly gone weak. How much time had passed? Her voice came out barely above a whisper
I sank onto my own bed, facing her. My hands were shaking. "Since the bar. That night we met him. Before I knew he was my professor."
"Before you knew." She was processing. "So you met him, and then - "
