"Don't listen to his nonsense, Evan. He's probably confessed to the chief again and been rejected, so now he's making things up to drive a wedge between you and the chief."
Evan's eyes grew even redder as he turned toward his friend. "...Really?"
"Of course. Otherwise, why would Eli have disappeared for those few days? The chief was probably furious because someone like him kept pestering him. It's only natural that he wouldn't want to see him afterward."
Eli was so angry that he almost laughed. He had missed several classes simply because he hadn't been feeling well, and somehow these people had managed to turn his absence into evidence of a rejected confession. If it weren't for the fact that doing so would be impossible, he would have rolled up his sleeves and shown them the marks Adrian had left on his arms, marks that looked as though he had been bitten by a vicious dog.
