“So?” I asked. “Is it true? Did you kiss her?” “Yes...but no! But yes! It was really complicated, Jay.” “Then simplify it. Make me understand.” “Life without you was really hard, babe. Like torturous. Every day I waited for a call, a text, a shred of proof that you were alive and coming back to me. And every day I got nothing. I...I lied on the stand okay?” Callan whispered. “About what?” “For a while-just like a few days-I kind of thought maybe you did go with him willingly. M-maybe not at first but that maybe he convinced you that you two should be together.” “How could you think that about me?” I whispered. “Jay, you have to understand how f****d up I was while you were gone. I ran through every possible scenario in mind that ended with you being alive. And one of them was tha

