Xavier gave a quick shake of his head. It hadn't been his intention to make her feel bad about anything she'd said regarding that stupid article in the paper. "No, you're fine," he insisted. "I didn't think you meant anything by it. You can usually tell when someone does, whether they realize it or not."
His sisters were a much easier topic than the ugliness that reared its head far too often, especially over the past many months. "No brothers," he said first, pausing for a long sip of tea. "Simone, the older one, works in costuming for a theatre, and Arielle is at university studying... biology."