"You should've told me, Bruce. How the hell did you expect us to get anywhere while you're sitting on something this huge?"

She rubbed her temple, glancing back at the stack of paperwork she still had to get through tonight. Migraine ahead. She shut her eyes a moment, then returned her gaze back to him.

"Look, I care about you. I really do. And I want this to work, but you have to be honest with me. I'm a big girl, I can fend for myself. I have fended for myself when it comes to things like this. So just... have a little faith in me, okay?"