JUDE
"Were you being passive-aggressive with me?" I ask in confusion.
"Yes! But you are so clueless, or you are very sweet, urrgh! That I can't even make it stick. You are funny too, which is annoying, and you happen to be thoughtful. It's hard being mean to you, you know?"
"You're just buttering me up! I don't believe it, trying to compliment me to have my last piece of toast? Unbelievable!"
"I don't give out compliments and you know I can be a bitch sometimes so what I am saying is the truth. But remember the deal I have offered you."
"Fine!" I heave out a breath. "Clean plate, no more … whatever it was you were doing."
"Deal!"
"And you will also give Miko a chance to make amends."
"You're stretching it, Jude." His eyes gleam in warning.
"Fine, but you will give him a chance in the future, yes?"
"Of course. I can't be mad at him forever. So now the toast? It's getting cold, and I don't know if you washed your hands."
