(Acacia) Austin, Jeremy, and I decided to take a walk so that I could get my mind off certain things. I still haven't made my mind up about Elio's situation. It was just too much for me to handle. Every day, he would ask me if I'm ready to give him a chance, and each time, I would refuse. I could tell that my answer had hurt him a lot, but that's his problem, not mine. No amount of hurt that he felt would ever amount to what he inflicted on me. “It's not that simple.” I replied to Jeremy's question. He nodded his head and sighed. “And you don't have any idea what you want to do?” Austin asked, I shrugged my shoulders, wishing that everyone would stop asking me that question. It was already getting rather annoying. “At first, Mesha and I agreed that we won't reject Elio, but we won't