Chapter 7
As soon as I stepped into the private dining room, all eyes turned toward me.
A bright, excited voice called out, “Sora!”
I looked over and saw a stylish woman with short, neatly cut hair.
“Leslie?”
“It’s me! Wow, I can’t believe you actually came. You have no idea–I had such a crush on you back in school.”
She was confident and good–natured, saying it so openly that it caught me off guard, but I didn’t feel uncomfortable, just a little embarrassed.
“Come in! I’m already married, but I still want my school crush sitting next to me.”
Before I could respond, a mocking voice cut through the room.
“Hah, guess they’ll invite just about anyone these days.”
I turned toward the source of the voice.
He looked vaguely familiar, but I couldn’t place his name.
“What the hell, Wade? What are you talking about?” Pierce spoke up, frowning.
That’s when it clicked.
Wade Turner.
He was one of those rich kids who never cared about school–the type who bullied others but never really crossed paths with me.
I barely remembered him, and clearly, I hadn’t missed much.
I didn’t respond.
Pierce pushed me down into the seat next to Leslie, and on my other side sat a guy with glasses named Zack Finn
– another classmate I didn’t know well.
Looking around the room, I realized something.
Most of these people were just distant names and faces.
I barely spoke to any of them back in school.
