weeks later, his friends came over again.
I had not prepared an elaborate meal. I had arranged for food to be delivered, and I was finishing an online assignment when they arrived.
Richard looked irritated.
“Couldn’t you have cooked something?”
“I was working.”
“You knew they were coming.”
“I also knew you were capable of ordering food.”
He lowered his voice.
“Don’t make me look bad in front of my friends.”
I closed my laptop.
“Richard, you made yourself look bad when you told them you wanted to leave me
