Personal Matters

Laura turned slowly, her eyes narrowing at him as she asked, "What did you just say?"

Jason stood his ground, not bothering to walk up to her. He knew he had just overstepped all boundaries, but he didn't care. She had a way of getting him annoyed while still maintaining her ever-calculated demeanor.

Jason placed his hands in his pocket, shrugging like he didn't care as he replied, "I asked if you left town because of Jared. Maybe your child..."

"Don't you dare!" Laura barked at him, interrupting his sentence.

She moved towards him, her steps slow like those of a cat about to pounce on prey, and stopped just inches away from him.

Jason's voice was low and menacing as he asked, "Did I just get under your skin?"

Laura extended her head to Jason's left ear and whispered, "If you ever bring my child into a conversation between us, you'd regret having ever met me, Jason North."

Jason watched her go, his eyes filled with a mixture of fascination and indifference. Despite how annoying she wa