There was a tense exchange of looks between Maggie and Kyle after the former was done asking him a question.

"You don't get it, don't you?" He tried to sit beside her but she never allowed that to happen. She quickly drifted away so that the tray containing her food was placed in the space between him and her.

Expressing surprise, he asked, "Why are you drifting away from me?"

"Explain to me what in the hell you want!" she lashed at him. This time, she is not going soft on him. "What in the bloody hell do you want from me?" her voice was beginning to break as she...