A R I A
What?" I choke out.
He won't meet my eyes. "It was a long time ago. Before I even met you."
"You dated her?" I whisper, my voice cracking halfway through. "And you never thought to mention that? Not once? Even when she was murdered?"
"It wasn't important—"
"Not important?!" My voice pitches higher. I take a step closer, my hands trembling at my sides. "You stood there acting like you barely knew her! Like she was just some girl! She was your ex, Soren!"
He flinches.
I want to scream. I want to throw something, anything, at him. I want to rewind time and erase every second I ever wasted believing in him.
"You lied to me," I say, my voice shaking.
"I didn't lie—"
"You lied by omission!" I shout. Tears burn the backs of my eyes, but I refuse to let them fall. Not here. Not i
