Iris:
"She kicked you out?" he asked, not because he did not believe me, but because he seemed to be trying to process the news.
"Yeah. It was humiliating," I paused as I swallowed hard.
"You're telling me that Zoe flipped on you in a matter of seconds?" he asked.
"Those two used to be good to you, correct?" he added.
Of course he asked me that. He did not know the details of our relationship. I gave him a silent look.
"What?" he asked.
"I don't know what you're trying to tell me," he added.
I remembered that in the past he used to be around when Kash was around. And Kash's family was overly sweet to me in public.
"They were brutal to me," As soon as I said that, his words got caught in his throat. He started to cough.
"Do you need water?" I asked, pointing to the glass on the bedside table.
"Iris," he muttered, clearing his throat as he accepted the glass, took a sip, and set it back down.
"That is not how I remember things," he replied.
