"I'm not taking back a word! And I learned it from my brother. From my friends. From that feeling in my heart when I know something is going wrong."
He didn't back down from her, using those inches he had over her to secure his own commanding presence. "You have no right to manipulate him. If you want him to understand, you talk to him. And if he wants time to be free, he has friends who know how to help him do that. He doesn't need you to force this on him."
He paused at her last words, feeling another twist of anger. "Overlap?"