I was surpised and baffled at the same time by how I actually chose to do nothing and just let that statement about you fade us by, fade me by... and die right before the conversation get too far, too out of control. But the reason gradually dawned upon me. It was because deep inside I know an inch of truth lies in that allegation of his. An inch of truth about someone I thought I knew inside out, through and through.
The old me would have fend for you with all my might but the new me know better that you don't care.