weird, this king of glimpse into the Kinney psyche...

I loved the way you build this up in this chapter

After a minute he shook his head, turned off the water, and saw me watching him.

“How come when Ted and I work in here, we manage to keep everything on the table? It wasn’t even this much of a fucking mess when Gus was here.”

He looked at me for a minute, but he didn’t ask me what was wrong. Nothing could have annoyed me more than if he had, but the fact that he didn’t pissed me off, too.

I closed the box and stuck it under some papers when I heard Justin in the hall. He came in, and I glanced up at him.
“I just got your message from last night, did you need something before I came home?”
He shook his head. “I just wanted to know you got in.”
“The airline website…”
He cut me off. “I know.”
I looked at him for a minute, not sure what to say. “I didn’t even turn on my phone.”
“It’s okay, it wasn’t important.”

I half wanted him to come back and try to make me come to bed with him, and half thought if he did, I’d put my fist through the glass.

Despite all these signals it was really hurtful to read. Sometimes my protective Justin radar just wants to scoop Justin up and take him as far away from Brian as I can. But obviously Justin can stand his ground all by himself.

I started to pull my ring off, his still in my palm, and Brian grabbed my hand and stood up. He didn’t let go of my hand, just pulled it up and shoved my ring back down on my finger.

I know Brian's issues and even though I often don't want to I always end up cutting him more slack than any sane person should. Kinda like Justin. How twisted is this. I still feel for Brian, but he did hurt me (?) throughout this chapter and it hurt to read.

This has to stop.”
He nodded. “I know.”

Sigh.. It was right that Justin called him on this "punishment" he keeps receiving because Justin made Brian love him.

That chapter was brilliant as usual and I understand this need for angst, still it left me sad. Still am!

Nicki