Was this some kind of trick? Some twisted way to get him to lower his guard before she lashed out again? Kaden looked at her, suspicion evident on his face, wariness in the hunching of his shoulders and the way he shuffled his feet a fraction closer to his butt on the couch, knees like a protective barrier between them. "Okay," he said, not looking at her. Maybe she was saying this simply to get him to admit he was a piece of shit.
Yeah you are, she might say. Which is why I never want to see you again. Good luck in jail! His face nearly collapsed just from thinking it, and he tried desperately to cover it up with a scowl.