Chapter 168

My anger deflated right then and left me hollow. Was that how Heather had really felt about me? How everyone felt? I couldn’t…

I excused myself quickly and sought out Anderson and Albert. But they were currently holding court with a bunch of people on the other side of the room and looked to be having too much fun to deal with my non-issues. I sent a text to Anderson and headed outside to wait for Lyft to pick me up after I scheduled a ride.

It was time to get out of my dream world and back to reality.

* * * *

Except, on Monday morning, I decided, to hell with everyone. I liked my new clothes and haircut and they made me feel good about myself, for the most part. Fuck Heather and all the rest if they couldn’t handle it. I was doing this for me, not them.