“Look, Cole, you’ve said you’re sorry, and I’ve had my say at last, so we can put the whole thing behind us. I wasn’t in love with you back then no matter what kind of story you concocted in your mind that made it impossible to treat me like a rational human being. But I did trust you. I trusted you back then.” I shake my head and turn away from him, glancing over my shoulder to add one more thing. “I’m not going to make that mistake again.”

