In that heart-wrenching moment, as Jude stood there speaking to Angel, his voice thick with desperation as he tried everything in his power to persuade her, Sophia found herself frozen.
Her hand instinctively rose to her lips, her eyes fixed on Angel with a mixture of pain, guilt, and disbelief. She couldn't look away. The reality of the situation struck her like a bolt of lightning—seeing her best friend broken, cornered, and betrayed in such a raw and vulnerable state was almost too much to bear.
A heavy weight settled on her chest. The devastation swelled within her like a tidal wave, and no matter how much she tried to suppress it, she couldn't silence the voice inside her that whispered the painful truth: Angel was right.
Every word that had just left her friend's mouth cut deeper than the last, because they were true. It was because of her—because of Sophia—that Angel was suffering now.
