He did not know what to do when the words rolled out of her tongue, and hit his ears with a loud bang.

"I refused to fuck him!" She screamed aloud.

He paused, stopped walking.

Every element of time froze for him. His jaw tightened, his teeth clenched, and he hid his fist inside his pockets so she wouldn't see them curve into balls.

Then, he turned to her.

He had thought her to be a coward, a lying coward for what she had done. But, now that she was standing there, visibly distraught and in pain that only she could comprehend.

In her eyes, he saw that everything she...