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.

stopped him? Did you push him away, or did he...

deeper blush on Susie's face, "He stopped himself,

you because of that?" I couldn't help feeling

He's been really nice to me, everyone at the library thinks we're dating. They even

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

knew she was telling the truth. Anyone in

explaining to do, but

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

you suggesting he was in love

to agree

head, "That

old would his teacher have to be for that to

in love with

Content

sweet, naive girl, still stuck in the notion that all teachers are old

young and beautiful professors at the university," I paused, weighing whether to lay

are you saying Mack's professor was a young, beautiful woman?" Susie grasped

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