Chapter 30: Caught
Two events transpire on December 1 that rock my world. The first affects me on a secondary level. Zoe is aware of Ben’s relationship with me and confronts him about it. Obviously she has put a few puzzle pieces together in their connected lives and has determined that Ben’s likeness for my skin and company is what he sometimes wants. He comes clean of course, calling me his lover. Ben tries to explain to her that he loves both of us. After the event at her house unfolds, he tells me that Zoe became livid and slapped him across his face, crying. “She’s broken and lost without me. She says she needs to think about our relationship.”
I try to support him the best way I know how. We stand in our shared kitchen and I feel a hug is in motion, but he pushes me away, which sur
