I don't know why when I asked that, Mrs Blake showed a kind of meaningful smile.

It wasn't her first kind of smile. It was a mischievous and ignorant grin.

I'm not psychic, and I hate guessing the most. But, from his gaze, he seemed to be saying, 'And you said you guys were never close.'

Duh, why do adults like to infer something unnecessary and repetitive?

This, after all, isn't due to some sort of ulterior motive or undisclosed closeness. It could just be the responsibility of a class president.

Yeah... though there's a bit of a motive that I can't tell you exactly, anyway.

"Are you awake?" I called out when I pulled back the curtains to find Susan sitting on a gurney with her hands bandaged.

"I didn't faint, McKane."

"That's... true." Silly me. Not only did it make me look like an idiot, it also sent us into an awkward silence.

Susan had been looking out through the window anyway and seemed in no mood to look at me.

"Um... I wanted to talk about something, is this the right time..

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