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Saturday - Sunday
"Was I too hard on him?" Peter asked when
they were back in the car. "I wanted to strangle him; it took all
my self-control just to keep my hands off."
"I know." Cathy shrugged. "He deserved
everything you said and probably more. He can be infuriating. But
for a minute back there, his guard slipped, and I saw... a lot of
things. He isn't as indifferent as he pretends. And his anger was
directed at himself as much as at you; he turned it outward because
he didn't know what else to do with it. Your tongue-lashing hurt,
but he knows he earned it. Still, it hurt all the more because it
came from you."
"I don't follow. Why me?"
She looked at him in surprise, and saw that
he really didn't know. "Because he admires you, almost to the point
of hero worship."
