![]() ![]() Closing my eyes, I heard him continue, “I pretty much kicked her out of my office after she went out of her way and got me a gift.” Aaron’s voice got low and harsh. ![]() It had been such a silly thing to do, and I had felt so tiny and dumb after he brushed it away so easily. Just as much as I had been back then, if not more. Then, I thanked her and asked her if there was anything else she needed.” I knew I shouldn’t feel embarrassed, but I was. “Instead of laughing like I wanted to, instead of looking up at her and saying something funny that would hopefully make her give me one of those bright smiles I had somehow already seen her give so freely in the short day I had been around her, I pushed it all down and set the mug on my desk. “And you know what I did?” he continued, bitterness filling his tone. With all that crazy banging, my heart had somehow moved up my throat and to my temples, so it was hard to focus on anything besides its beating and Aaron’s voice. They build bridges and get over it.” Someone laughed then. ![]()
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