Chapter 82

ELLIE

“What’s the matter?” I felt like it was something illegal to mention Dylan Brooks within the school. There were just too many things that made me feel like I was doing something wrong by having anything at all to do with Dylan.

“You don’t know who Dylan Brooks is?” Jasmine made me feel even worse with that question. It felt like I had made the most foolish move one could ever make in life.

“If I knew who he was, then I most certainly wouldn’t be asking you this. Could you just go ahead and tell me who he is so I can know what exactly it is I’m doing wrong.” I was getting pretty impatient at that point as Jasmine seemed to have me in suspense on purpose.

“Dylan Brooks was one of our best football players until he transferred. He was on our school team but left due to some reasons best known to him.” Jasmine said with a sigh as I was expecting her to say something more and worse.

“So...? Is that it? Is that all that’s wrong about Dylan Brooks?” I was really hoping that was all