Why did I feel betrayed? She never told me, despite ample opportunities. Not that she owed me any kind of explanation or even the time of day. But I had this weird impression she liked me, that we were kind of friends already. And friends told each other things like this, right?

Willow's face settled into flat emptiness as she replied.

"I knew how it would look," she said, holding Crew's gaze and not looking in my direction at all. On purpose? Was she feeling ...