- 12.
I thought Mark would get the hint.
But as I was working on my speech, he showed up.
He looked nervous and grabbed my arm.
I shook him off. “What do you want?”
Mark frowned and said, “Even if you like
‘Peaceful‘ here isn’t where you do this.”
“You are sitting in her seat, and now she may
not like you?”
“You’re an adult, Jen, start acting like one.”
He was loud and the people in the room
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He was loud and the people in the room
looked over.
Mark was always like this.
He liked to put me down in public, so that
others could watch.
People looked at me, which reinforced Mark’s
idea.
You look like that, so you must be wrong.
He pulled me and looked nervous. “Sorry, this is my girlfriend. She’s a fan and she snuck
in.”
“I’ll take her away.”
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A girl nearby spoke up. “But… isn’t she
‘Peaceful‘?”
Mark paused. “No way…”
But then he looked around, and everyone was
looking at him silently.
The eyes were questioning, mocking, and
confused.
Like the looks I had gotten.
He looked at me. “You’re ‘Peaceful“?”
I took my arm back and smiled. “Yes, I am.”
“So, you and your company can leave.”
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