“Clark, don’t egg him on.”
“Do you have something to say?” Jack asked, pounding his fist into the wall next to Clark’s head.
“Jack, just stop!” Lexi yelled again.
Suddenly, Clark tilted his head back against the stone wall and laughed. Lexi stared open mouthed at him.
“What is so goddamned funny?” she asked, her southern accent slipping out with her anger.
Clark shoved Jack’s arm away, forcing him to take a step backward. He laughed again deep in his diaphragm and stared between the two of them. “You two are funny. Maybe I was wrong about you, Lexi. You two deserve each other.”
The words came out like an insult. He meant that they were two of the same kind. That no matter where Jack and Lexi ended up, they were destined to hurt someone else. Maybe even continue on a never-ending path
