No. I genuinely like both of you and had no idea about the nature of your relationship. If you never speak with each other, that is your choice, but I will like you both. I never choose between two people I genuinely like for different reasons, even as they may not like each other. Sorry, the only way out of my world is to choose not to be in it.

I included Jules in my reply because she is slowly extracting my book, one essay at a time and I am storing her soul — .05oz at a time — in little glass jars, in the dark recesses of my garage as payment.

I never have any hidden agendas for anything I do. Really. Life is too damn short to live forever in middle school.