After Graduation, I Took One Quiet Step to Protect My Future. It Turned Out to Matter

blood in the water.

“Sure,” I said, stepping aside.

She walked through the house slowly, fingers brushing the back of my couch, eyes scanning the walls, taking inventory. “You’ve really made it yours,” she said, and the word yours sounded like an insult.

“That was the point,” I replied.

She turned toward me, and her expression melted into the mask she continue reading …