Allison’s sharp voice rang in my ears. “Eric, are you crazy? How dare you push him in front of everyone?”
As she spoke, Allison hurried over to pull Aaron out of the fountain, but he floundered in the icy water for quite a while without getting up. It was winter, and the fountain water was freezing. Aaron sneezed several times, his carefully styled hair now soaked and disheveled. He looked utterly miserable.
Some colleagues even pulled out their phones and started taking pictures.
Allison still managed to throw a parting threat my way. “Eric, you uncivilized brute! I won’t let you get away with this!”