“Tell me you were only looking out for me,” Rose pleaded, as she looked deep into her friend’s eyes. “Tell me you had no hidden agenda as you tried to have me break things off with him. Please.”
Tears sprang up to her eyes as Maria bit her bottom lip — her eyes were filled with something akin to guilt too — before the one she had always believed to be her bestie began to give false excuses.
“How can you believe a man you’ve barely known a few weeks over me, Rose? You’re truly disappointing me,” was the statement with which she finished her pathetic tirade.
“Shut up!” Rose exploded, even as she began to shed tears. “I have the damned pictures in front of me. You’re far from innocent. You knew exactly who he was, and still pretended to get upset when Daniel blurted it out. You showed outr
