Zayne grew embarrassed. "Umm, you already met Josephine, right? How is she?"
Jay’s tone was indifferent with a hint of indignance." How else can she feel? You dumped her."
Zayne choked and felt the tips of his ears burn in humiliation.
A moment passed and Zayne fired back with no restraint, "What about you? You dumped my sister as well."
Jay's lips parted. He wanted to say ‘That's different', but he swallowed the words down.
"How’s the Severe's eldest daughter?" he asked instead.
Zayne replied in a huff, "Relax. She won’t kill herself because of you."
"Then what about the hunger strike and suicidal tendencies?" Jay asked.
"Oh, that. Well, the hunger strike was real, but she's not suicidal. She was gorging on food when I arrived. She's binge eating if anything.” With that, Zayne fired back at Jay, “Are you disappointed that my sister isn't trying to kill herself because of you?"
Jay's heart finally settled at the knowledge that Angeline was eating again.
However, Zayne's theory of her binge eating had Jay worrying for Zayne's intellect.
Jay hung up the phone.
He sighed deeply.
This entire farce was a show Angeline had put on for him?
Jay felt his head throb suddenly.
Returning to the apartment, Angeline pulled
Josephine to stand in front of her as she asked delightedly, "You met your brother, didn’t you?”
Josie smiled a bittersweet smile as she stared back at Angelina's energetic eyes. "Yeah."
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