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It’s starting to get dark, and Amory knows that she should go inside the cabin soon, but she doesn’t want to, doesn’t want to find herself face to face with the woman who has broken her heart not once, but twice. This is almost as bad as the time when Amory was a teenager and got back with an ex-girlfriend. She was an idiot then and she’s an idiot now.

She keeps berating herself for trusting Blake as she paces. Eventually she gives up on the self hatred and realizes that it’s not her fault. She’s a trusting person and she really wanted to trust Blake, wanted to love her. It’s not her fault that Blake betrayed that trust. Now her anger is directed fully at Blake. How dare she? Does she not know what she did or does she just not care? Is she really that vindictive? What on Earth is wrong with that woman?

Amory gives up on her pacing and decides that she’s going to go back into the cabin with her head held high. She’s not going to let Blake know how hurt she is, just how much she hates the other woman. Right now, she wants to hurt Blake in the same way that she’s hurting, but she doesn’t know how and she also doesn’t want to be that kind of a person, so she’ll settle for ignoring her until it’s time for their trip to end. Hopefully by then, this pain in her chest will have faded a little bit.

Before she can go into the cabin, her phone chimes a notification. Apparently, her mom knows when her daughter might need her.

Mom: How’s everything going?

Amory: Not great

Mom: What happened sweetheart?

Amory: I got paired with a massive bitch

Mom: Blake? But you told me the two of you were finally getting along

Amory: Well I was wrong

Mom: What happened?

Amory pauses in front of the cabin door. She definitely doesn’t want to tell her mom that she was sleeping with the enemy. Her mom barely knows what happened between her, Blake, and Natalie. All she told her was that Natalie cheated on her, not with who.

She does, however, know about their old rivalry from medical school and her residency. Amory spent who knows how many phone calls and text messages complaining about Blake Gold.

Amory: She hasn’t changed like I thought she did

Mom: Oh honey, I’m sorry

Amory: It’s fine, I just feel a little dumb and angry

Mom: It’s not your fault for trusting someone, but be careful with anger

Mom: You don’t want it to get in the way of your work

Amory knows that her mom is right, that being angry is only going to negatively affect her, especially if Blake doesn’t care about what she did to her. But, unfortunately for her, that’s a lot easier said than done.

Amory has never really considered herself an angry person, but Blake has always had a way of getting under her skin. For as long as she has known Blake, she has made Amory feel things that she doesn’t normally feel. All of this anger that she doesn’t know what to do with makes her want to confide in her mom, even if she’s not sure how her mom will react. She’s worried that her mom will berate her or think that she’s an idiot. Even though her mom has never done those things before, Amory’s self hatred is getting in the way of her reasoning, and she’s scared.

Amory: We were a little more than cabin mates

Mom: What do you mean?

Amory: Not at first, but after a while we started sleeping together

Amory: I wanted to date her

Mom: What happened?

Amory: She has someone else

Mom: Oh honey

Amory: I caught them on the phone together, Blake told her she loved her

Mom: Is that all?

Amory: Isn’t that enough?