Hidden behind the sunglasses and trying so desperately to keep away from the crowd, twenty-two year old Jeremiah sunk into his chair at the back of the class. He was in Business Law class and his classmates were bees in a hive before him, going about their business.
The class would start at the imminent arrival of the lecturer who was uncharacteristically late. His plan at remaining undetected was working, Hellen stood over him. She saw beyond his sunglasses, beyond the bruises. She did not need to ask a thing, all was revealed and plain before her.
She took a chair and came and sat next to him. He was trying to shut her out, as he was trying to shut everyone else. But this was Hellen Langton, she was no ordinary young woman. She possessed the extra that took her beyond everyone else.
