#Chapter34

As soon as I managed to push Jude off of me, and sit up so I could face Veronica, she marched at me, pulling me into a tight hug as she sat down on my lap with surprising ease. I didn't know what to do, so I just sat there frozen, but soon enough I caught a glimpse of small noises, alerting me that she was crying.

Gently putting my hand around her, accepting the uninvited hug, I tried to shush her so she could tell what happened.

We sat there for about 5 minutes, while she quietly cried on my shoulders, quite literally, and if it wasn't embarrassing...