They head out of the room, leaving the door slightly ajar. Enough that I can see them talking, theirbodies close, voices lowered. Brit’s eyes flicker to me for a moment, but she doesn’t hold my gaze.Her expression suggests that I’m nothing more than a minor inconvenience that needs to be dealt with.
She reaches up and squeezes Leo’s arm. He says something; she smiles. He looks pissed, but sheseems to be enjoying herself.
Especially when she leans in and kisses him softly on the cheek.
As chaste a kiss as it might seem, I can sense the threat she poses, the message she’s trying to give me.
If Leo senses that, he doesn’t show it. He turns and leaves without so much as glance towards me.
Brit walks back into the room and clicks the door shut. I know ther
