I've looked everywhere.

Julius said you'd left.

I can't believe he escaped without even saying goodbye.

Helena:

Your drunk friend almost kissed me by force.

Jennifer:

Who's Julius? Julius?

Helena:

Himself.

Jennifer:

I didn't know. Are you all right?

Helena:

I am now.

Jennifer:

Where did he go?

Helena:

I'm home now.

Jennifer:

Friend, I'm sorry about that.

Helena:

Let it go.

Jennifer:

Do you want me to go with you to the police or something?

Helena:

You don't have to. Nothing really happened. I'm fine now.

Jennifer:

Are you sure?

Helena:

I do.

I stared at my cell phone, sure that I was telling a lie, but I wasn't going to go into details, especially since my imbalance no longer had to do with Julius but with everything that had happened since.