"What's done is done. You can scream yourself hoarse and it won't change a thing!"
In that moment, I laughed and cried at the same time, sinking to the floor in utter despair.
"Jackson, my family is falling apart. My parents are getting divorced. My father's company is on the verge of collapse. I had nowhere else to turn, so I came to you. I thought you were the one person I could still rely on... and this is what you do to me?"
I turned to look at Millicent. The girl I'd considered my closest friend. My sister.
The one who'd taken a knife and driven it straight into the most tender part of my heart.
"Millicent, what did I ever do to you?"
"When you needed money, I gave it to you. When someone bullied you, I stood up for you. I loved you like my own little sister. And this is how you repay me? The night I was at my lowest, heartbroken after that fight with Arthur, you turned around and crawled into my boyfriend's bed?"
Her face flushed, then went white, then flushed again. Tears pooled in her eyes, and she shook her head at me.
"I didn't want to betray you, Lucille. I just... I couldn't help myself."