Alyssa knew a house wouldn't solve their problems. "I had to get out of the old house. Felt claustrophobic." She'd hated to leave Peter and Ned, but nothing on Earth could make her sleep another night in her old room.
At the comment, Alyssa looked at him. "I prefer to form my own opinions. Or, I wouldn't be friends with Kol, I'm sure." She knew what some in town thought of Kol, Kate included. "But no, if they badmouth you, it isn't to me."
"Besides, you seem like a decent father and not everyone gets that. So it's a mark in my good books." Alyssa still hated her first husband's father and he'd died before Alyssa ever stepped foot in Wonderland.