CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY SEVEN – A WORTHY APOLOGY

Wait, why had she just agreed to that? Jasmine could only stare at him, dumbstruck by her own response. Larry blinked back at her in equal surprise, thrown by her unexpected acquiescence. Seeming to shake himself from the stupor, he straightened and took a few steps into the dressing room to allow Jeremy to pass. "Thanks for this, Jasmine. I'll make it quick, I promise." He took a deep, steadying breath before plowing on. "I just wanted to offer my sincerest apologies, for everything that went down between us these past several weeks. All the harassment, the paranoid outbursts, being a general pain in the ass..." Trailing off for just a moment, he gave a mirthless chuckle and shook his head. "You were right to call me out so forcefully, in front of everyone. I've been deluding myself into thinking my behavior was somehow justified or noble, when in reality I was just being another self-centered jerk." Jasmine could only gape as Larry laid himself bare, confessing to the depths of