Chapter 30. Making Amends

He paced the room and opened his window to check every five minutes if Iris's car came in. College was over forty minutes ago, yet Iris hadn't come to meet him. Nick was restless. Wasn't she coming then? Did the plan backfire after all? 

Iris hurried towards the parking lot of her college. She had hurt Nick last night, and he had switched off his mobile since then. The entire night, she cried for hurting him. She was worried about him and couldn't concentrate much in class. Neither Nick nor Darren had come to college. After waiting eagerly for college to get over, finally she was free to see Nick. But as luck would have it, she found her dad chatting with Henrietta Gareth standing beside her car. With Iris's car parked right next to Henrietta Gareth's, she couldn't get away without being noticed. She had no wish to go home so early. So she waited for their discussion to end, seething inside at seeing her father talk to Prof Gareth with a charming smile on his fa