chapter 27

The entire time Mateo was gone getting Angie, I was second-guessing everything. I pray that it was just Madeline lying, but there was no way. She'd barely put up a fight against my command when Kora had gotten serious. Did Jasmine hate me too? They were sisters-in-law now. I'd felt so close to them, but this is so hard to process. Is everything a lie? How long has she been setting me up for this betrayal? Betrayal rarely comes from those you hate, that's why it's called betrayal. That’s why it is called betrayal. It doesn't come from enemies, it comes from those you trust. You must trust them first before you see it as a betrayal. You trust the ones that stab you in the back and leave you out to die. I trusted them, and now? I wasn't sure if I could throw it all away, or if I could accept that Angie had deliberately done this. "Do you want to talk about funeral arrangements?" Ezra asks, breaking me out of my thoughts. I shake my head slowly. "No, we will wait till dad comes back." Ther