That’s when the energy changed.
No more “jokes.”
No more laughter.
Just people realizing they’d been comfortable on the wrong side of the story.
Dr. Chen moved behind my chair.
“We’re leaving,” he said.
Tyler’s voice cracked. “Marcus—wait. I’m sorry. I didn’t know.”
I didn’t turn around.
Because the truth was simple:
He didn’t “not know.”
He didn’t want to know.
Read the last thing I said to him—because it wasn’t dramatic. It was just the truth he avoided for two years 👇