Please help!
Read this excerpt from Paragraph 3 of the passage.
I forgot Alma’s name three times and had to apologize. It was a unique enough name that I shouldn’t have forgotten once, but the rejection letter was burning a hole in my pocket and apparently in my mind.
What does the phrase "burning a hole in my pocket" mean in this excerpt?
Responses
distracting the narrator from being fully present
triggering feelings of anger for the narrator
making the narrator feel hot
causing the narrator physical discomfort