After the game, I waited by the locker room for Lamar.
I didn’t know what I would say, how I would explain why I was standing so close to Asher. But I had to tell him something, even if it was just another apology that he would make fun of.
Unfortunately, the first person outside the locker room was not Lamar, but Joseph.
He stopped when he saw me, then laughed. “There’s the girl who doesn’t know when to quit. You drop out yet, Cynthia?”
“No,” I snapped. I knew better than to show Joseph he had gotten under my skin, but he always seemed to know just the right things to say to make me upset. “And I’m not going to. I’m going to pass that transfer exam and –”
He waved his hand in a circular motion. “Yeah, yeah. Sure, sure.” He lowered his hand. “Don’t tell me you are here to see me.”
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