Marley knew what she meant but still thanked her. Marley then remembered the previous incident and lowered her head to apologize seriously, "I'm sorry about what I did to your test paper."
"It's fine." Emily wiped his hands clean, "You should thank Marisa. If she hadn't saved my test paper, I might not have stood up to speak, even for the sake of the whole class."
She used the words "might not".
Marley knew that Emily wouldn't really leave her to die and rushed forward to hug Emily, "I'm sorry, and thank you."
Emily stood there, stiff.
Marisa came in and smiled. "Wow, it's time to return favors."
Unexpectedly, Marley turned around and hugged Marisa, "I'm sorry for what I did. Thank you for saving Emily’s test paper. I appreciate that. Thanks to both you and Emily."
"Are you crazy? Let go of me." Marisa reached out to push her away.
Emily smiled with her mask on, "Why not let her hug you to return the favor?"
Marisa rolled her eyes.