now he was the slighted party in a relationship he’d begun as a distraction. It would’ve been comical if it wasn’t so stupid.

The wind picked up, swiftly numbing his face and hands, and making Arrin regret leaving without his coat. He considered knocking on the door of the house across the street and asking for temporary shelter and the use of their vidphone to call Peter to come pick him up, but decided against it. His sudden appearance at the family’s door uninvited and unescorted would most likely cause undue alarm, which would result in him being arrested. He was about to jog back to the men’s dorm in the hope the activity would keep him warm when he spotted the roof of the spaceport above the trees, much closer than the men’s dorm. Having no compunction about breaking...

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