I threw scowls at Leo as he sat beside Rachel, on the three seaters couch in my office. He looked down, obviously scared to look me in the eye. How in the world had Rachel chosen a boyfriend like him? Yeah, he was cute, but so? What was the point in being cute, yet dumb? "If you don't speak now, you'll be fired. Tell me, why did you break her heart?" I demanded, tapping my feet against the hard marble floor of my office. He heaved, and stared at me. "Well, you see, my dad's a racist. He only wants me to be with a white woman." "What the heck? Do idiots like that still exist?" I threw my arms up in surprise. "I tried convincing him that Rachel's mixed, expecting him to consider the fact that she's got a white parent, but no, he didn't care," he continued. I huffed. "Then why did you get her pregnant, knowing fully well that your so-called dad won't accept her?"
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