John asked Cordy just then, "Is there some misunderstanding between you and Wendy? Should we meet up to clear the air?"
"No, there's no misunderstanding," Cordy said resolutely. "It's your own issue since you believe you know what Wendy is like. I was just giving you a head's up out of the kindness in my heart."
"Okay," John replied and said nothing else.
Cordy hung up right then, fuming.
He made it sound as if she was trying to drive a wedge in his relationship and took no notice of her kindness.
She took a deep breath and told herself that it was their business, and she should not have meddled at all.
There was no question that she was embarrassing herself too.
That was when Cordy's phone rang.
She glanced at the caller, calmed herself down, and answered. "Zoe."
"Bad day, huh?" Zoe asked.
"Nope." Cordy denied it right away.
"I can tell from your tone right now, y'know," Zoe said confidently.
Cordy pursed her lips—in the end, there was just no deceiving besties, was there?
"What is it?"
"Nothing. Just wanted to ask if you're feeling alright after drinking so much last night," Zoe said.
"I'm fine. Though I might really have been drunk if we kept at it."
"By the way, what are you upset about?" Zoe asked.
Cordy could not understand it either—she presumed that Wendy would get her act together after she started dating John.
However, it only seemed to make her behavior escalate, as if it took a toll on her.
"Did you tell John?" Zoe asked just then.
"I did. He didn't believe me."
"That's why you're upset?"
Cordy said nothing but did not deny it either.
Even so, she was just miffed.
"Honestly, what is John thinking?" Zoe ranted right then. "How could he believe Wendy instead of you? I mean, how long has he met her, compared to you? Honestly, he's being stupid. Serves him right that he's being deceived by a woman."
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