Alex met me at the door but I walked past him, my face hot and my palms wet. I strode into his bedroom and opened my bag to gather my toiletries from the bathroom.
"I need to take a drive," I said as I pulled on my coat.
"What happened?"
"Everything's fine."
"I'm not stupid, Belle."
I stopped, sliding my hands into my back pockets and resting my weight on one hip.
"Did you know?"
"Know what?"
"Jess does not deserve my sister."
"Jess and Angela are together?"
"Yes."
I felt my expression harden when I didn't see his anger.
"You're not being rational. Angela is a grown woman. Jess will treat her well."
"I don't care! If we weren't in this situation she wouldn't have looked at Jess!"
"I thought you liked her."
"I can like someone up until the point that they take advantage of my fucking sister."
"Jess wouldn't do that. She's killed people for taking advantage of women."
I pointed at him, "See? That's my point. She's killed people."
"And you haven't?"
