An Excuse to Care

"Um, Ms. Adler and her peers got into a minor conflict. She went to the hospital to treat a hand injury…" Nathaniel muddled through.

He continued prodding, "Mr. Croft, Ms. Adler can't always be taking time off school. The college is a place for studying. Do you think…"

All Nathaniel wanted was to get onto Desmond's good side. After all, Cecelia must have offended Desmond for him to call off the en