"I know it isn’t easy coming back to a situation like this. You're not responsible for anything that has happened. I’m sorry about all this. I wish we could have talked before you left. I had no idea you would up and leave."
She looked at Max, baffled. She had tried countless times to call and talk, desperately seeking answers, but she had not received an answer from him.
"Look, it's too late to talk now. You are my sister's husband, and that won't change."
"I know, but that doesn't mean we must be so distant and unfamiliar. I want you to relax around me. We won't get any work accomplished in a hostile environment."
“I'm not hostile, and there is no familiarity with you anymore. Besides, I think it's unprofessional for the two of us to relax. I’m here to do my job, and that’s it. Here'
