details he liked to pretend simply took care of themselves.
Apparently, in front of his friends, all of that translated into something less than impressive. To him, my steady support had become invisible. Worse than invisible, it had become a punchline.
I took a slow breath, and I stepped forward toward the table. One of his friends saw me first, and the color drained from her cheeks.
She did not say a word, but her expression shifted in a way that finally made the others turn. Evan twisted in his
