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“I don’t see him the way you do, no. But I think this plan of ours has to stop. You shouldn’t be doing this.”
Kyle drew his chin back toward his chest. “No. I want to keep going.”
“Kyle, it’s not a good idea. You don’t believe in him. And putting this kind of pressure on you to have to deal with Lydia when you’re struggling to see anything redeeming in him isn’t a good thing.”
“I can handle it.”
“I don’t want you to. You came in here wound so tight–“
“I can handle it,” he reiterated as he leaned forward to grab her hand.
“You said you couldn’t do it anymore.”
“I’m not going to let you down.”
“You’re not,” she insisted. “If you don’t want to do this anymore, I don’t want you to.”
He heaved a sigh as he interlaced his fingers with hers. “I appreciate your concern. I just felt overwhelmed with his attitude. That’s what I can’t handle. Lydia…I can deal with her. I’ll fix what I broke. I’m not letting you down.”
“Okay, we’ll keep going, but…I don’t want you doing anything with her that puts you in a bad position.”
“Okay,” he agreed.
“And I really think one of two things needs to happen. Either you and Grant need to stay away from each other, at least until this is over, or we need to sit down and have a serious conversation about how you two can communicate effectively without tearing each other apart until we’ve solved this.”
Kyle chewed his lower lip, shaking his head. “He’s never going to be wrong, though. That’s the thing. He just…blames me for everything.”
“Kind of like you do with him?”
He heaved a sigh, refusing to meet her gaze.
“You don’t like hearing things like that either. You two are so much alike–“
“Please,” Kyle said, slumping back in his chair, “don’t say that.”
“It’s not a bad thing. Maybe you ought to take the night off, though, and think about which of those options works best for you.”
“I’m not certain we’ll ever be able to communicate effectively.”
“Then you should just avoid each other. Tensions are running really high right now for everyone.”
“You’re not acting like a jerk, though.”
“I don’t have the history with you that he does,” she answered.
He swallowed hard. “I don’t want to put everything on you. Maybe if we all sit down together, we can work something out. It seems to go much better when you’re involved.”
She offered him a tight-lipped smile as she squeezed his hand. “Okay. We’ll talk. But tomorrow, after you’ve both had some time to think.”
He bobbed his head up and down. “Okay. Did you get anywhere with your plan? You said something about it before you left.”
“I did,” she said, happy for the change of subject. “I think I found someone who can get rid of all traces of those photos so Lydia can’t use them as leverage.”
“Really?”
She bobbed her head with a smile, pleased with the hope they finally had. “He’s coming out tomorrow. With any luck, he’ll be able to get this done quickly.”
“How did you find him?”
