Now you got me, I can't really remember if Zoey left after the last year of highschool or before that, because during the summer right before uni started the mc pretty much fell head over heels for Josy. If his relationship with Zoey was so important he wouldn't start looking for other girls right after she left.
Zoey left before High school was over, at the time the MC started at B&R college the last online message was already 6 months ago, so its clear, zoey is gone for more than about 8 months or longer... she went to st diego and later on got new tattoos and a new boyfriend, so there is some time elapsed too.
Overall i would say, considering about 3 months are over since B&R started (we started in sommer and now we are near Halloween, and midterms are over, so about 3 months has to be gone over now)
The last time th MC saw her is about 1 year ago.
to summarize Zoey left while MC was stil on High School and prefered to graduate (he even said that this was the smart decision), lived some time in st diego and kept contact with the MC for some time online... this ended at some point and as the MC started at college 6 months passed since the last online contact with zoey, now add another 3 month to that for the time passed at college, overall at least 9 months passed since the last contact, even more since they last saw each other...
And the mc said for himself that he dont think it was real love or something like that...
So... i just dont get it why she has to come back in the game, i dont like that, i dont need that, and the game dont need that either... there are enough characters with enough drama, no need to add Zoey... There is no player out here with any feelings towards her... i sincerly hope she doesnt get a too big part in the game, but considering she will get a interlude episode just for herself (at least it looks like that today) iam afraid she will get a big part in the game... will be annoying, cause how DPC is writing his story so far, you cant influence it at all, so we will be forced to deal with her and cant just send her away. Forced drama in the relationships is coming up, caused from Zoey, and i dont care one bit about her...i just dont like what is there to come with her.