He didn't answer her. She was right, he had insisted, but he didn't have
the guts to tell her. It was better if he just kept quiet about it. He
did however want to voice his opinion about everything else she was saying.
"Well, what else was I supposed to think, Irina? Hmm? I walked out of
the bathroom and you were nowhere in sight. You disappeared from my life
once before-why wouldn't I think you'd done it again?" He was surprised at
what was coming out of his mouth. He was thrown by the addition of 'my
life' into his tirade.
She was all set to yell at him for the trigger, for not having even a little faith in her and any other reason she could think of. His silence about the trigger said everything that a thousand words could have said. She would have screamed at him for just being so unfaithful, but his 'you've disappeared from my life before' threw her off. Why hadn't he just said you've disappeared before-why did he have to put 'from my life' in there? She was yet again unable to read his thoughts. She was about to say something, she didn't know what but something nonetheless, when he started talking again.
"And why exactly did you kiss me this morning?" It came from nowhere and yet once said, it couldn't be taken back.
She stared at him, open-mouthed. "I thought you were asleep." It was a low whisper and he almost didn't hear it.
"So that gives you the right to kiss me? I was asleep so you just decided to kiss me?" She turned away from him and he grabbed her arm, forcing her to turn back. "Answer me," he said.
"I can't give you the answer you want. I don't know why I did it, I just had the desire to, so I did."
To her non-surprise, he didn't believe her. "Come on, Irina. What kind of game are you playing here?"
"What are you talking about?"
"You're up to something here. I don't know what it is, but there is definitely something going on."
She gave him an off look. "Believe whatever you want to believe, Jack. No matter what I do, I won't be able to make you think otherwise." She pulled out of his grasp and walked past him.
He grabbed her left arm again, only this time his grip was much, much harder and turned her around. "Where the hell do you think you're going?" His voice was firm and loud in her ear.
"For a swim."
"No way. You will not be leaving this room until it is time for us to get that artifact. I am in command here and you will do what I tell you."
She slapped him; he never saw it coming. He did not get to tell her what to do, even if he was in command. "I will do whatever I damn well please," she yelled.
"Keep your voice down," he said, pulling her into him and squeezing her arm.
"I will not. Good bye, Jack." She yanked his arm away from him, knowing a bruise or two would soon take the place of his fingers. When he had pulled her, his fingers bit into her skin and she almost yelped but she had been able to contain it. She decided it had been a good idea to put her swim suit on under her clothes because now she could leave the room and not have to go into the bathroom to change first. She took a key off the desk and left, slamming the door behind her.
She was all set to yell at him for the trigger, for not having even a little faith in her and any other reason she could think of. His silence about the trigger said everything that a thousand words could have said. She would have screamed at him for just being so unfaithful, but his 'you've disappeared from my life before' threw her off. Why hadn't he just said you've disappeared before-why did he have to put 'from my life' in there? She was yet again unable to read his thoughts. She was about to say something, she didn't know what but something nonetheless, when he started talking again.
"And why exactly did you kiss me this morning?" It came from nowhere and yet once said, it couldn't be taken back.
She stared at him, open-mouthed. "I thought you were asleep." It was a low whisper and he almost didn't hear it.
"So that gives you the right to kiss me? I was asleep so you just decided to kiss me?" She turned away from him and he grabbed her arm, forcing her to turn back. "Answer me," he said.
"I can't give you the answer you want. I don't know why I did it, I just had the desire to, so I did."
To her non-surprise, he didn't believe her. "Come on, Irina. What kind of game are you playing here?"
"What are you talking about?"
"You're up to something here. I don't know what it is, but there is definitely something going on."
She gave him an off look. "Believe whatever you want to believe, Jack. No matter what I do, I won't be able to make you think otherwise." She pulled out of his grasp and walked past him.
He grabbed her left arm again, only this time his grip was much, much harder and turned her around. "Where the hell do you think you're going?" His voice was firm and loud in her ear.
"For a swim."
"No way. You will not be leaving this room until it is time for us to get that artifact. I am in command here and you will do what I tell you."
She slapped him; he never saw it coming. He did not get to tell her what to do, even if he was in command. "I will do whatever I damn well please," she yelled.
"Keep your voice down," he said, pulling her into him and squeezing her arm.
"I will not. Good bye, Jack." She yanked his arm away from him, knowing a bruise or two would soon take the place of his fingers. When he had pulled her, his fingers bit into her skin and she almost yelped but she had been able to contain it. She decided it had been a good idea to put her swim suit on under her clothes because now she could leave the room and not have to go into the bathroom to change first. She took a key off the desk and left, slamming the door behind her.
