Did I get played?

I’ve been dating this amazing & handsome guy who happens to be in prison for about 2.5 months now. We immediately connected, and checked off every box as being soulmates. We’ve each been in other relationships but nothing as pure, genuine and deep as the one we shared. Well, when I was younger I had an ex who ended up cheating on me while he was locked up too. It broke my heart and changed the way I view. My current boyfriend knew of this and how apprehensive I was entering yet another relationship while he was incarcerated but.. he reassured me and I felt like now that I’m older, and a bit wiser than I was when I was 15- things would be different. BUT my best friend thought otherwise.. without my knowledge, she wrote to my current boyfriend pretending to be a stranger and wanting to talk to him. Low and behold, he did call her and tried to reach out. I immediately cut him off and he’s been trying to contact me saying that he was trying to call her to tell her that he has a girlfriend but he has a buddy in there with him that’s interested in talking to her. That day, I was on the phone with him and he told me he didn’t receive any mail at all (not even mine), yet texts my friend saying “I received your letter today, when is a good time to call?” That’s lie #1. Then, when I confronted him about finding out, he said “I was going to tell you about it!” But my friend sent me the screen shot of his missed calls. He literally tried to call her twice but she didn’t pick up so he called me. We spoke the entire time with no mention of this mystery girl/letter. If he wanted to tell me about it, he had the opportunity to do so but didn’t. That’s lie #2. Lastly, that last phone call, I ask him “when’s the next time you’ll call me?” And I ask this every single day.. and he usually tells me a certain time, or not to worry, he’ll make it happen. But this particular time, he said “I don’t know, I don’t really have any evening phone slots.” I immediately assumed he saved his phone calls to call her incase she picked up.. I see it for how it is, I got played. But he’s desperately trying to explain it to me that it wasn’t like that.. It’s been 3 days, I’ve been ignoring all communications. But it hurts and I woke up today missing him so much. However, I refuse to be with someone I longer trust. Especially when he’s in prison, trust and communication is all we have. But through it all, I know he loves me. He’s been suffering and those around him have been contacting me letting me know that he’s not okay. I have no doubt that he loves me.. but I don’t know.. I’m definitely NOT going to give me a chance because if he truly valued me, he wouldn’t have risk his one chance with me.. I know my worth. Please tell me your thoughts as I know hearing others input will put me into perspective and knock me into reality not to contact him again..