For a moment, I almost felt sorry for him.
Then I remembered how I had spent the previous hour pressed against a window, trying to make myself smaller while he mocked me for asking for basic courtesy.
I remembered how carefully he had behaved when Curtis was watching, only to start again once he was gone.
And I remembered that he had been given more than one opportunity to stop.
I turned toward Curtis.
“Please include the fact that he continued after your first warning.”
Lucas stared at me.
“You’re actually reporting me?”
“Yes.”
“Even after I apologized?”
I looked at him calmly.
“You apologized after you realized there might be consequences. That doesn’t erase what happened.”
He rubbed his forehead.
“Will this go on some permanent record?”
Curtis answered carefully.
“I can document the incident according to the railway’s procedures. I can’t tell you whether any further action will follow.”