Chapter 26

I’d never been so angry or humiliated. Betrayal washed over me as everyone emptied the room, whispering back and forth. They wanted to know about me? Well, now they knew. God, had it all been a lie? The karaoke thing; Memorial Day; the date on Friday? What I did know was that I needed to end this right the fuck now.

I made my way to the property management office. I stalked past the receptionist at the front desk, who gawked at me, likely having heard through the rumor mill what had happened. I headed to Titus’s office. Barb was in there, twittering like a bird as usual, while Titus typed something on his keyboard. I knocked on the doorjamb to get their attention.

Barb turned to me, and at the look on my face, her eyebrows rose. “Something wrong, Ed? I heard something about a fight—?”

I held up a hand and she shut up. “I’d like to speak to Titus for a moment please, if you wouldn’t mind. Feel free to reprimand me later about my behavior.”