[If this were video he would be able to see the shock his last remark had just given her. But it's not. So what he hears is a space of silence, and a very even timbre instead of her recovery from what amounts to an audible (not entirely undeserved) slap.]
It's delightful. Those emotions seem to be doing no one any favors.
[He's grieving? She doesn't care. Not after these past weeks, and her nerves are on edge. The timing of this only makes it worse.]
Give me half an hour. I'll knock once. I'm not staying.
Unless you want me to.
[She doesn't want to. Won't. But she can't resist a little dig, especially after his question.]
[voice]
[If this were video he would be able to see the shock his last remark had just given her. But it's not. So what he hears is a space of silence, and a very even timbre instead of her recovery from what amounts to an audible (not entirely undeserved) slap.]
It's delightful. Those emotions seem to be doing no one any favors.
[He's grieving? She doesn't care. Not after these past weeks, and her nerves are on edge. The timing of this only makes it worse.]
Give me half an hour. I'll knock once. I'm not staying.
Unless you want me to.
[She doesn't want to. Won't. But she can't resist a little dig, especially after his question.]