“Ah, then I guess we’ll see them next time. By the way, Morgana, you’ve never told us your secret; how are you progressing so much? You switched industries almost too quickly!” Sharon asked. Upon hearing this question, Howard’s expression turned awkward.
Morgana coughed, visibly awkward as well, “It’s because of the help of Gerald. And well, Howard helped me out a lot too!”
“Gerald?” Upon hearing his name, both Sharon and Lilian were startled. In reality, Sharon had been asking them about every single classmate, as if she was studying abroad and wanted to catch up with everyone, although she had only been in Mayberry this entire time.
Both of the girls were dying to ask if Gerald was joining them, but they ended up asking about every other classmate but him. They couldn’t help it as Gerald was a touchy topic for both of them.
“Oh yeah, you guys may not know this, but Gerald has been doing really well! He’s a completely different person now!” Morgana exclaimed gratefully.
Lilian and Sharon went silent. How could they not know he’s a different man now?
“Hmph, he just has a few connections around the area, big deal!” Howard huffed. Now that Gerald took the spotlight away from him, Howard’s reputation in the class was no longer at the top. During high school, he and Waylon were both the talk of the class. But it seems like. Lately, all they’ve been talking about was Gerald.
Suddenly, one of the girls said in a surprised tone, “Guys, look! Isn’t that Gerald? Why is he here?”
“Huh?” Everyone turned to the direction she was pointing towards, and Gerald’s silhouette fell into their field of vision.
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