<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ccff99">Ayla sighed crossing her arms under the water as she slid down slightly in the tub until her chin was touching the surface of the water.</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#a6ff4d"> “Alexi’s never needed help, not the way I do. And it’s always simple things. Basic things. Things I should be able to do on my own, that I should be able to manage. I get there’s things i am going to need help with. But…”</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ccff99"> she should have been able to handle her own feelings. It took a moment for her mind to fully process the second half of what he’d said, realizing slowly that he was referring to Ordenel.</span>