It was certainly not the reason why she slowly got up on her feet and made her way out of there in a dreamlike state. She could not believe it; So, it had all been for her?! Alex had gone through all of that- for her?!
This sudden realization was heart breaking. Before now, Zooey did not realize just how emotionally invested she had been with him. All this while, she had been subconsciously holding out hope even when she had found out he was in a relationship, thinking maybe deep down, he might also be holding out hope for her as well.
But all of that came crumbling down.
As she made her away out of that place, Zooey was completely zoned out. Mentally trapped in the coffin of her own broken heart, the attention she was getting in real time from onlookers around her, was lost on her. She had always been a real figure. She hardly moved around without inviting longing stares from men, and occasionally- women.
