Chrys I had never been meaner to anyone in my life before. I looked into Ivy's purple eyes and said everything that had been plaguing me since we met. I was horrible and cruel and the guilt of it all was gnawing at me. I had seen it in her eyes. The flash of anger as she stared at me when I went off about the clothes. But she didn't say anything. He did. I think I gained some respect for Leif Elwood-Jones that day after he put me in my place after I insulted his wife. I could feel the anger as he defended his wife and it struck a cord in me. He wasn't like all of the men in my life who were purposefully cruel mean or indifferent to me. He cared. He was sweet even when I was a b*tch to him up until I berated his wife over clothes. And it scared me. I was used to the other stuff. I was

