KELLY I couldn’t believe that I had been wrong about James all this time. I had wasted so much time wallowing in hatred and self-pity. As for Amie, I couldn’t help thinking that her delusions were my fault too somehow. I should have been paying more attention and seen the signs. Yet there was still a part of me that wanted Jake to pay. He had still slept with her and then thrown her away. He had still hurt her, used her. Even if the love and promised future were all in her head. The actions that he had taken had been what caused them. I looked down at the letter which I had taken home with me. I couldn’t stop re-reading the words that had given James my blessing. He had never been trying to hurt me. The tears were streaming down my face. I had nearly killed him. I even had a knife with a