<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#4da6ff">“Because I want to talk to you. I love talking with your brother, for many reasons, but I love talking with you too. Alexi doesn’t tell me everything by the way, not unless you are constantly irritated. He only tells me what he thinks I would need to know. And he does it because he cares for you.” </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#99ccff">He moved forward a bit, leaning against a wall beside the tub so that they were sitting side by side.</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#4da6ff"> “Please Ayla, talk to me. You know I’m a man of my word, so you know that I’m not moving from your side until we talk.”</span>