Zoe stared at her for a while, trying to work out if this could be true. But of course it was - and Zoe felt like she'd gone blind since she hadn't been able to see it herself. Yes she'd been panicking, and then devastated, and all her feelings had become so very loud but it was annoying to find that somehow this all drowned out her ability to have a rational thought.
"Do you think I should message him?" she asked. Her stomach lurched at the thought. The feelings were still very loud, even if she was trying to logic them back into order. Did she want to message him? What would she say?