Chapter 111

“Believe me?… What do you mean believe me? What are you talking about?” I pick apart his dialogue and assess it, but that one sticking point needs more clarification. I feel all messy in my head, jumbled up and clinging onto the last ounces of calm as confusion mingles with some sense of hurt and relief at getting an honest answer from him.

I stare at him pleadingly… brain going back to the million times we were together and what exactly I did to be doubted.

I didn’t tell him how I felt until he twisted me inside, chewed me up and spat me out. I don’t understand what he means by that statement. I never lied to him or told him anything he could take as a lie. There was nothing to not ‘believe’ in any of it.

“The sob stories, tears… games… vulnerability… fear. I saw the person I thought you were, your reputation—Nothing else. I saw someone trying to manipulate me, Cam… You wouldn’t be the first woman to use abuse to make a man soften towards her.” He looks away, almo