Freya

My heart began to pound faster as I stared at Zoey, waiting for her reaction. She wasn’t saying anything, just looking at me with wide eyes, and the silence stretched until I started to get scared. My stomach twisted into knots, my hands growing clammy around the coffee cup.

I couldn’t take it anymore.

“Zoey, I’m sorry,” I said, my voice cracking with an apologetic look. “I know I made a big mistake. A really big one.”

She stared at me for a long second, then leaned back in her chair, eyebrows raised high.

“Girl,” she said slowly, a wicked grin slowly spreading across her face, “you really went...