CHAPTER 107

CARMEN

“I cheated, Carmen.”

I froze in place, not sure what to do about what Jasper had just confessed to me or how to take it.

“How drunk are you right now?” I asked as I stared at him, trying to see if he was trying to play a sick trick on me.

“Do you think I’m saying this because I’m drunk? I don’t…I don’t know how to keep this away from you anymore. It feels all wrong. We have both done each other wrong.”

I took steps away from him with a shake of my head in confusion.

“I don’t understand. Who did you cheat with? What do you mean by that?” I blurted, my heart starting to heat up as if someone had set fire to it.

“Carmen, you said you were not going to leave me,” he reminded.

“Is that how you got sick?” I asked, and he replied with nothing but silence that told me that my guess was most likely correct.

“When did you do it? Did you even know the person that well, or was it just a moment with someone you didn’t know?” I didn’t know what I would do with the information if I got it, bu