"What's wrong?"
My father's voice finally pulled me back from my thoughts, forcing me to focus on him again instead of getting completely lost in everything that had been running through my head.
"Didn't you ever think that... I might have actually betrayed you?" I asked him, watching his reaction carefully while waiting to see whether my words would finally make him understand what I had been trying to tell him.
"You did?" he asked, almost sounding genuinely surprised by what I had just said.
Almost.
That was clearly his attempt at making himself look surprised, and I knew him well enough to notice the difference immediately. In fact, there was a good chance that he already knew I had decided to betray him long before I ever admitted it directly to his face.
