#Chapter 34: Disgraceful Behavior

Asher was smiling at that beautiful girl so easily. How rare were his smiles for me! White hot jealousy flashed through me. For one brief, delirious moment, I thought of bursting through those doors and tackling her as I had been taught at warrior training. But I quickly came to my senses. It wasn’t her fault Asher smiled at her and not at me. Maybe it wasn’t Asher’s fault either. Maybe I only had myself to blame. I slumped, defeated and still scared from the way those girls had talked about Aimee being pregnant. What a disgrace, they had said. I wanted to crawl into myself. Perhaps I could settle for hiding under my blankets for a while. I turned from Asher and his smile, but only made it two steps in the opposite direction before a voice called out, stopping me. “Cynthia!” Then suddenly, Asher was at my side. He wasn’t smiling anymore, a look of concern twisted his features now. “Where are you going so suddenly? Is everything okay?” “I didn’t mean to interrupt your date,”