Rumors and Excuses

V A L E R I A

Barging in, I walked straight up to Victor, who was by the dresser doing his wristwatch.

“Tell me this is not true,” I demanded that he face me, then showed him my phone screen.

“Oh, you saw it.”

“Oh, you saw it?”

“Well, you know it's not true. Why do you look worked up about it?”

“Why do I look worked up about it?”

“Yeah.” He sounded careless like it wasn't a big deal at all. I bit