Chapter 285: Petty Reaction

Though they weren't really that far away, I couldn't make out what they were saying. Eddie lunged, catching at Frieda's coat and pulling her around to face him, his nose almost touching hers as they hissed their unhappiness at each other. It was clear she wasn't welcome and knew it, had been likely up to no good. The redness of Eddie's cheeks surely had less to do with the cold and more with the anger in his expression, in the way he carried his whole body.

Before I could decide if I needed to intervene to keep them from hurting one another, Frieda jerked her arm out of his grasp and stalked away. Eddie didn't follow this time, though he looked about choked enough to do her harm. When she was almost to the corner of the building he spun and marched back into the woods, his reflective orange vest flashing in the sunlight as he vanished from sight.