Quoted By:
>18839812
>Yes, sir...
Winter Girl wants to tell the man about the mug of cocoa she dropped on his expensive new carpet just moments before his explosive outburst.
She knows it's the right thing to do.
But if she opens her mouth again there will be consequences.
For the sake of her career, for the sake of her village, and above all for Blackie's sake she keeps her mouth shut.
What was it old Grampa Bitter-bones was so fond of say? Something like, "you're not really an adult until you've made your first moral compromise".
She watches a line of ants march from beneath the man's desk and mass on a marshmallow.
Adulthood isn't nearly as fun as she'd imagined it would be.
