At the end of it all, after sleeping through most of the storm in his own head, Blake came to a conclusion he wasn't entirely sure he wouldn't regret later.
No matter how he turned it, the outcome barely changed. Both options circled back to the same place, just through slightly different paths.
So it wasn't really about choosing something good, it was about choosing what was less bad.
And, of course… that choice involved lying to Myles.
Blake frowned faintly to himself.
But was it really lying?
It wasn't like he was fabricating everything from scratch. He had gotten hurt. He had fallen. The details were just… adjusted, made more acceptable and less suspicious!
In the end, after going back and forth with himself longer than he wanted to admit, Blake made his decision.
He was going to school.
Why?
Because staying home would look worse.
