“This makes me not want him around decent people and animals!” she scoffed.
“Oh, yeah,” Bryson scoffed back. “Because nothing says ‘awful’ like somebody who puts the animal first and the profit second.”
Rebecca curled her lip and pulled back, exaggerating either disgust or surprise. “I’m sorry, what? Criminal is criminal.”
Duke responded before Bryson had the chance. “Bold statement for a criminal to make.”
“Exactly what I was going to say,” Bryson added. “If you thought it was so awful, why didn’t you say something? Why try and kill my f*****g horse?”
“Language!”
“Oh, my God.”
“Can you believe the mouth?”
“Rude!”
Again, the comments all came from the side of the room that apparently believed cursing to be so much worse than attempted murder. On Bryson’s half of the lounge, nobody
