All her life

KING ARLO'S POV

Jordy seemed lost in some foggy daze and it's been a couple of minutes already but she was yet to say a word. Or even blink. She'd gone flat-out frozen.

I snapped my fingers in her face and pinched her cheek. Her head turned to me like a remote robot.

"Did you hear any part of what I said?"

"I did." She breathed out, staring blankly at me. Then a long line of tears dropped, taking me aback a bit. "But God, it's hard to accept. Zoey wouldn't ever do that to me. She wouldn't."

Her words struck a nerve. "So you're saying I'm lying?"

"No. You can't be. And that's why I feel this conflicted and dejected and…" more tears rushed out of her eyes, and she paused to wipe at them.

My slight anger vanished. She wasn't trying to defend Zoey as always. She was just struggling to face the truth, that Zoey had also betrayed her.

I gave her time to calm down and then she continued. "How do I bring myself to believe this? How do I wrap my head around the fact that