DAHLIA Blood drained from my face, I could feel my skin going pale. What?! Disbelief crept in, to say I was confused was simply understating it.

I searched his face as though I was trying to understand what was happening. To try to piece this — whatever this was — together.

But I was finding it hard to do so. His expression was clamped close. Blank as could be.

"Really, babe? You never told her anything?" I heard the relief in Zoey's tone. Tears had quickly dried up. Fear had given way ...