Exhaustion Over Dinner

The dinner was exhausting. Although the night ended with both of them agreeing to give in to one another's conditions, she still wasn't sure if any of them had won over another. She knew they both wanted to clear her name, but the way they arrived with their decisions felt like more of another confrontation of their resentment to one another than a resolution for the highest good of her. Maybe life was more complicated now than it used to.