"So are you going to clarify things to him?"
"And give him the satisfaction of feeling that I give a hoot about what he thinks about me? Nah. That's not gonna happen. Let him think whatever he wants." Besides, it will be payback for him trying to kiss me in his office. Of course, she didn't say this aloud. If Mercy were to hear that, her eyes would definitely fall out.
"But it will be quite awkward when next you see him," Mercy said, clearly not willing to accept Shantel's nonchalant response.
Perhaps because she wasn't as thick-skinned as Shantel, she didn't believe an explanation would be necessary when they met. "How will you face him?"
"The same way I always have? What's there to worry your pretty head about?"
"You still have to be careful around him."
"I will, Mom! Now stop acting all grown up, reminding me I lack a motherly figure in my life and pass me that cup. My throat is already so parched from answering your endless questions."
