C12

GUILTY

-Sorry I'm late," I say to Wade, sitting down in the seat across from him.

Wade smiles.

-Don't worry, is everything all right? -he asks.

I nod, my mind was on Elder and what had happened, why couldn't I stop thinking about that manipulative jerk?

-Everything is fine," I lied.

-What will you order for lunch? Look, I was thinking we could order these? -Wade started to say, but it was as if I didn't hear him anymore when I saw Elder coming with another guy talking about something. Elder had a sour face as usual. He looked stressed, I don't know. Maybe he feels remorse for what he did to me.

I feel sorry for him.

Elder sits with his friend at a table on the other side of the pool and they start talking about something. But it happens: Elder looks at me, attentive and expectant. I look away from him and focus on Wade, who was still talking but not listening.

-... So, what do you say, do you like the idea?

Idea of what? Because I was paying attention to that idiot I didn't hear anyth