Cassie POV“Seriously, Mark told you all that?” Beck asked from the other side of the line.“For real, girl,” I replied, sighing. I had just spilled everything about my conversation with Mark to my best friend.“What a jerk. And you believed him?” Beck sounded skeptical.“Well, he seemed sincere,” I shrugged.“I know, but, like, he could be trying to manipulate you again,” Beck reminded me, and I sighed.“Yeah, I thought about that too.” It would be easy to assume Mark was up to his old tricks, given that’s what he does. “But I don’t know, you know. He never talked about his parents, not even when we were dating. I remember he always dodged the subject whenever I showed interest in meeting them. So maybe it’s true—maybe he never let me see more of him because he was ashamed or something…?” It was all so uncertain.“I’m not so sure, girl. I don’t trust Mark Skyland, not after what he did to you,” Beck said, playing it safe.“Neither do I. I just felt for him, you know, with that whole
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