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She hung up and wiped her tears The heartache she felt was suffocating It took her a while before she realized she alking in the wrong direction She spun around and stalked to her car

Sofie’s words were like a bat to Eric’s groin It took him a moment to recover When he did, he realized she h to hear his conversation

He tried calling her back several ti for another half hour, his phone rang again It was Angel

"Shit"

The nuel had laid down the law about him and Sofia was, do not break her heart Alex had harped on that ht up sex He hurried to the break room to answer it

"Hey, what’s up?"

"You better hope ets ho? This orse than he thought It was only fish tacos!

"Nothing!"

He explained about his friend Nicky, told Angel Sofia must’ve been there and overheard "But I swear to God, I was just being polite I would never do anything to hurt Sofia"

He told hi out exactly what’d she’d said, just said she was harsh "I really do need to cra all this"

Angel’s tone didn’t ease up, even after his explanation "Well, you better fix this, because I’ve never seen her this upset I don’t like it"

"I’ency and had to take off early His dad would kill hi He’d already warned hi on School was his first priority, then work, and last was his social life The reason why he’d cut down on his time with Sofia But he had to fix this, and he had to do it now

The ht about on his way to her house, the more he realized why she’d been so upset He turned it around in his head If it had been him, he’d be incensed Truthfully, he had been a little flattered with Nicky’s continual flirting, and noas feeling rotten about it He took a deep breath before getting out of his car at Sofia’s house

Angel met him at the door "I already told her you’re here, but she refuses to come down Sarah’s in there with her now"

Eric had no idea what to do "Can I go up there?"