“To my recollection, I’ve said nothing about that guy,” Derek responded. “Not to say I disagree with anything Roy or my dad said. I also sometimes wonder why you’d put up with being my friend when so many people at our tiny school think these things about me. With friends who don’t seem affected by it, I just presume the benefits trump the negatives or that they’re just impervious to self-righteous posturing by people who act out against me on campus.”
