Chad sent Avery to Elliot's office and poured her a glass of warm water before asking enthusiastically, "Do you want something to eat?"

"No, thank you. Go back to what you were doing and just ignore me."

The smile on Chad's face remained. "I don't have anything to do, so I can wait here with you!"

Avery reached for the glass and took a sip of water.

"Avery, I heard what had happened yesterday. I heard about it as soon as Mr. Foster had hit Tammy. Please allow me to first explain what happened. Mr. Foster didn't strike Tammy because of Chelsea. He had struck Tammy because she had said a few inappropriate things to him. She called him a dirtbag, and she told him that he deserved getting dumped…"

Avery stared at Chad coldly.

Chad panicked and blurted out, "Um… Mr. Foster had already explained this to Jun."

"The more you try and explain things to me, the more I resent him," said Avery as she set down her glass.

Chad quieted down and said, "I'll wait outside."

He sighed a long si