Charlie was shaking her head. "I know he's angry at some people. But he wouldn't be so... so... he wouldn't make him the problem. If he was, he'd say, and that's that. He wouldn't be so agreeable about it."
She finished off the glass and set it back on the bar. "Did he think he was being nice? He'd understand if I wanted to be with someone else? As if I care about his baggage?" Her eyes were flooded with tears again.