Alfie knew he should probably let him go, but he liked having his hand there, liked being able to pull Julien in toward him if he wanted to, and he squeezed there again gently, but didn't do anything else.
"So, what was... what was it you were trying to say, then?" He'd had just about enough of being confused, of not knowing what Julien meant. That had caused all the problems before, and this time he wasn't going to let it go.