Chapter 12-6

"--Mom, stop. We've talked about this. I'm his doctor and his friend," She interrupted, her tone firm yet distinctly annoyed, "You're being ridiculous." I returned my attention back to the potato salad, trying my best to pull focus and not eavesdrop on Levi and (evidently) her mother's conversation. I bit my lip as I returned the scoop to the bowl and re-covered it with cling film. Why do I keep walking in on people's private conversations? "How can you say that? After everything you've seen?" Levi groaned audibly in annoyance, "Can we not, please? It's Grace's birthday. Just leave the man alone and go enjoy the party, before you say something you're just going to regret later on." She walked off in my peripheral, and by the time I'd mustered up the courage to glance up fully, her mum had also disappeared back into the party. I was left alone to stew over what I'd overheard and as much as I tried not to be drawn in by such stupid thin