You're On Fire Pt 16

He stares at you flatly for a long minute, as if he’s never seen anything like you before, and then leaves, dropping down the stairs two at a time. You find yourself wishing for a second that he would trip and fall down, and you’re horrified that you can even make such an idea, stepping down on it hard until it breaks into a million pieces and telling God you’re sorry, though you don’t believe him in God at all.