Susie's eyes were a whirlpool of panic, and then she shook her head again, as if that had become her default response.

I was puzzled. "If he didn't touch you, didn't kiss you, where do you get the idea that he loves you?"

Susie blushed and looked down, saying, "Well, he... he almost kissed me once."

"Almost?" I pondered about Mack, "Was he drinking?"

Alcohol has a way of messing with men's heads, making them see past loves in the faces before them.

This time, Susie didn't shake her head but nodded slightly before confessing, "Last week, he was down in the dumps, drowning his sorrows. I asked him what was wrong, and he told me his favorite teacher had passed away, been gone for a hundred days. He said he missed her so much, and then... he looked at me, and he tried to kiss me..."

That's when it hit me that Judie had been gone from this world for a hundred days.

Mack's beloved teacher was Judie, and in that moment, he must have seen her in Susie.

Considering Judie, a girl who looked a bit like me, made my heart heavy. Looking at Susie, who bore no resemblance to Judie, I wondered how Mack could mistake her for Judie.

It must have been the alcohol.

Did you push him away, or did

was a deeper blush on Susie's face, "He stopped himself, then apologized

of that?" I couldn't help feeling that Susie's idea of

not just that. He's been really nice to me, everyone at the library thinks we're dating. They

arrives late and sees another guy sitting across from me or talking to me, he gets upset. Clearly, he's jealous," Susie listed the ways Mack had shown

truth. Anyone in

do, but first, I needed to address

he brought up his teacher, right? Didn't you ever wonder why he's so hung up on her?" I gently

foolish, "Licia, are you suggesting he was in love

about to agree when

head, "That

would his teacher have to be for

be in love with

Content

stuck in the notion that all teachers

there are plenty of young and beautiful professors at the university," I paused, weighing whether to lay out the truth for her now or let her find out on he

professor was a young, beautiful

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