I wished I could let go of my resentment and just trust her again. Have us pick up where we left off like nothing had changed between us.

But everything had, and given the equal parts anger and hurt in her voice when she snapped, "Enable your death wish, Rasha? Why, I'd like nothing better." Leo wasn't ready to let bygones be bygones either. "Are you sure about this?" she asked a few minutes later.

I speared a cheese curd. "Do you want to be friends with me again?" ...