“Kyle, stop it!” Chris snapped, his voice cutting through the air. He stepped between us again, his chest heaving with restrained anger. “You’re taking this too far. She never said any of that, and you know it. You’re just looking for someone to blame.”
But I couldn’t stop. Not now. My blood was boiling, my mind spiraling with everything I’d started to feel for her of recent, and the way it was unraveling before my eyes. I looked at Valerie, standing there frozen, shocked, her face an unreadable mask. The silence felt like an admission of guilt, though deep down, I knew that wasn’t fair.
“Why aren’t you saying anything, huh?” I growled. “You’re just going to stand there and let me think the worst?”
Valerie didn’t answer. She just stared at me, her lips slightly parted, tears brimming in
