Her words were the equity of a sharp slap being delivered out of the blue to wake them up from their fantasy.
Aaron and Elizabeth looked at each other with worry. There was only one secret with which Phoebe could dare utter words like cutting them off. Elizabeth trembled and stumble backwards. She used one of the chairs to support herself.
Keeping the words of her husband in mind, now was the time to feign shock and play pretend.
"What..what secret?" she stammered.
Phoebe scoffed. "What else except for the one which you two discovered when i was thirteen years old. Let's do this peacefully before i become really angry, let's all just end things here and go our separate ways."