"You want to have coffee with them? What's wrong with you?" Maisy's furious.
She's still as bad-tempered as ever. I wonder how Callen puts up with her.
Callen probably notices the contempt in my eyes, so he shakes off Maisy's hand and says impatiently, "If you want, you can go home now!"
In the end, we come to a cafe. Callen and Miasy are sitting across from Harrison and me.
It's a nice cafe near the supermarket. There's not a lot of people here right now.
"Mr. Stewart, what's your relationship with Chelsea?" Callen suddenly asks.
It startles me. I raise my head to look at Callen, but he ignores me.
Harrison strokes my hair and says softly, "Do I need to tell you?"
"He is helping you." Maisy interrupts. "Chelsea was divorced and induced a baby. Callen just doesn't want you to be taken by her."
This woman is always so selfish. I want to
fight back, but Harrison suddenly holds my hand.
I look at him puzzledly. He smiles and says, "I know her better than any of you. Maisy, don't you ever feel guilty about breaking up a family?"
He's looking at me, but he's saying this to Maisy. I subconsciously turn to look at Maisy. She looks terrible and her hands are shaking.
"Who do you think you are? How dare you say that!" Maisy gnashes her teeth in anger.
Callen doesn't say anything. He just looks at me. I turn a blind eye to it because I don't want to have anything to do with him.
I'd rather be an accessory to Harrison than be with Callen!
"Mr. Gibbs, it pisses me off that you keep looking at my woman." Harrison narrows his eyes. He doesn't seem to care about Maisy's attitude.
I feel a little embarrassed when he says it out loud.
But Maisy explodes. She keeps questioning Callen why he was looking at me, but Callen just stays silent.
Her voice gets a lot of attention. I ask Harrison in a low voice, "Did you start the fight on purpose?"
"I was merely stating a fact," he answers calmly.
I can't believe I got the sense of grievance in what he said. Did I wrong him?
Maisy has no intention of stopping the quarrel, so Harrison and I decide to leave. When I get up, I inadvertently see Callen staring at me.
But I just ignore it again. He's Maisy's husband now, and I don't want to get involved in their marriage. I'm tired of being targeted by Maisy and I want a peaceful life.
We come out of the cafe and I speak to Harrison, "Bye."
"You should go with me," Harrison says.
It's not funny, but I'm still amused. "We're all adults. Pretending to be a couple is a game for kids."
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