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John jumped forward and caught Isabelle roughly by the arm. The cat meowed and dug her claws in at the sudden jolt.
"You do not walk away while I am talking to you!" he barked, shaking her for good measure. "I'm not stopping you from seeing people you want to see. Just. Not. Richard!!!" Spittle flew from his teeth at the last exhortation, his face going red to his ears. "It's all he wants, to take you away from me! I won't let him! His words have got into your head, turning you against me!" He knew it. He knew it! Richard couldn't stand to see John content and successful, so he was trying to take the one person who meant anything to him away!