~BROOKE~
I stare after Alistair as she leaves and disappears out of the building. I'm not sure if her anger is based on me doubting her or from Grayson's death but I'm definitely sure she is not as okay as she wants us to believe. Or as she herself wants to believe.
"Do you think she can handle it?" Cali asks after a while.
"I don't know. She has always had a way to suppress her own emotions for the sake of those around her but then she has never lost a husband before." I turn to her with a frown. "Why are you asking me anyway? Shouldn't you know how she is feeling right now?"
"I'm choosing not to, respecting boundaries and all," she chuckles.
Brooke backtracks, "Well, that's a first."
"I can listen and follow instructions, you know?"
"So, how did you know that I was gone and in da
