#Chapter 190: The Secret Club

With everything happening, I felt like I needed a break from the drama. I really needed to get back to studying. So, after making Asher promise not to look at Lamar’s website without me, I went to the library. Aimee and Nicole met me there. Asher must have told them about what happened. Other than asking me if I was okay and offering to accompany me to the bathroom so I was never alone, they did not bring up my assault, for which I was thankful. I didn’t want to think about it now. I wanted to try to focus on some semblance of normalcy, and get my life back on track. I was nervous without Asher beside me, but Aimee and Nicole’s presence helped. They vowed not to leave me alone until Asher came to pick me up at the end of the day. Yet even with their presence and the safe familiarity of the library, I struggled to concentrate. In any lingering moments of silence, memories of my trauma flashed back into the forefront of my mind. “Look here,” Aimee said, the first time she notic