The Suppressant

Nadia

"I mean I don't want to hear it," he said simply like it was obvious.

“Why not?”

He shrugged. “Because it's cheating”

I looked at him with my mouth half open before responding, "It's not cheating, it's just being prepared"

"Yes, it is," he reaffirmed. "I don't want to know what they asked him."

I stood there with my mouth half-open, completely unable to reconcile this with anything I underst