Joe motioned for Jack and Liz to sit at the kitchen table, then went over to the cabinet that held the glasses. “Anything to drink?” he asked. “Anything non-alcoholic, I mean?” He shot a dark side-glance at Liz. “Man, aren’t you sharp,” she hissed.. “I’ll have water,” Jack said with an encouragin
Sarah was still looking her brother. “Joe!?!” Instead of an answer to her earlier question he just blew out a breath and exasperatedly shook his head. “The short version?” Jack offered from the table. Nodding, Sarah turned to Jack. “Yeah, the short version would be good…” “She…” Jack nudged his
Liz shook her head in a mix of bafflement and irritation at the interrogation style. “I don’t know,” she insisted with a provocative smirk. “Well, did you maybe suck on it instead?” D inquired. From the other end of the table there was the muffled noise of Jack trying not to laugh out loud. When
Seeing him briefly close his eyes and bite down on his lower lip was hard to take. She quickly turned her attention back to Liz. “But thanks so much for your concern, Liz,” she said in a provocatively cheerful tone, “but unless you broke more than just his fingers, I’m pretty sure we’ll be just fine
Joe irritably shook his head. “Just stop the Honey-crap, okay?” “I’ll stop that, don’t worry,” she said, shooting him a glance through the rearview mirror. “But it is ironic, don’t you think? You used to hate the Honey-Baby-Sweetie names. At least that’s what you told me. And using the L-word - oh,
Alternate Ending So, here's an experimental alternate ending.... It starts in Chapter ‘Back Off’ when D walks out of the house after her exchange with Liz. See what you think. ~~~ D willed her feet out of the kitchen and down the corridor. She pulled the front door open. Staggered out. Out! Sh
“Let me come by later, okay?” He interrupted her and gently nudged her shoulder with his braced hand. Avoiding eye contact, she shook her head. “Danny, come on,” Joe said and raised his other hand to her face. He was almost certain that she’d snort and pull away. But then she didn’t. As he ran the
For a moment there was total silence. “Well, what else?” D asked then. She sounded baffled. “I don’t know,” Joe said uncomfortably, his eyes slowly trailing over to her face. “Maybe the problem was that you and me were too good together…” Her eyebrows snapped together. “Huh?” Joe shrugged apolog