Her frustration and worry boiled over. “Trust you? How can I when you’re always disappearing into the forest without an explanation?” Paul’s jaw clenched, and he stepped closer. “I don’t owe you an explanation for everything. Sometimes I just need to be alone.”
“Alone? For hours? In the forest? What are you hiding, Paul?” Melissa’s voice rose, her emotions boiling over. Paul’s patience was exhausted and he ended up screaming “I’m not hiding anything! Why can’t you just believe me?”