The Wrong Man

Static.

Static was the only thing that I could hear after the announcement that Jared’s father just made. And then I burst into laughter, holding Jared for support when I almost fell over. I was laughing so hard that tears were starting to gather in the corner of my eye. And then I registered something— Jared was surprisingly rigid under my palm, and I was the only one laughing.

I turned to him, a