#dormitory 2

Priene: So, how was “holding hands” with Clovis? Mercedes: Eep! Great, actually. I know you two have—wait, are you upset with me? Priene: Oh, please. As if a guy could ever stand between us. Mercedes: Right!

Mercedes: Clovis! You’re sunburnt. Woohooed someone under the open skies? Clovis: Something like that—whoa!

“Really? Right here?”

Priene often saw Edward Chert on campus. The same Edward who had slept with her father. She often struck up conversation with him, to understand his logic if nothing else—what led him to chase a married man?

For now, Edward wasn’t eager to speak.

“Hi, Clovis? This is Priene from the party…” “...” “Wanna come over?”