Zachary was speechless. He wondered if Stan could stop scaring him—his heart was not strong enough for such a thrill!
Stan was literally killing him here!
"W-Well, whose is it?!" Zachary exclaimed.
"Ian Jefferson's," Stan replied, his voice flat just then.
Zachary almost breathed an expletive right then. "Him?! How?!"
It was absolutely unexpected. He would never have thought it possible!
"I don't know the details either." Stan sighed.
"Oh, never mind. It's fine as long as it's not James. F*ck me, I almost had a heart attack!" Zachary exclaimed cheerfully. "Alright, I'm hanging up now. I have to tell Isaac about this."
"Yeah," Stan replied and hung up.
Zachary then slid his phone into his pocket but jumped in surprise when he turned to find Erin standing behind him!
"W-What are you doing here?!" he exclaimed.
Erin simply stared at him in silence while Zachary felt guilty from the stare. Did she overhear something?
He searched his memory but did not find anything suspicious about what he and Stan spoke of.
With that, he confidently returned Erin's gaze and asked, "What are you staring at me for?"
"Who were you speaking to?" Erin asked with a serious look.
She appeared so stern just then that Zachary avoided her gaze again and slowly answered, "Stan."
"Oh," Erin said, and pressed, "And you were talking to him about James?"
Zachary was speechless. Was he?
Wait, he did do so… but only once.
"And what did you mean, 'it's fine as long as it's not James?'" Erin asked then.
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