His spew of news hit her like a slap to the face. Not so much that she was on an island in the middle of nowhere that was pretty much inescapable. As the fact that she was from his past, or her future, depending on how you wanted to look at it. And he was engaged. To a wonderful girl. Who was able to get him to work on a farm, and get dirty.
"Can she hand you things?" It was a strange question to ask, Pepper knew. But his irritation with her, was a little off putting. Not because he was never irritated with her. She knew there were times that he had been, but this was a little much.