"You know, I have a real urge to strangle you right now..."

In fact, she could feel her hands twitch with the inclination. "I am so angry." The blonde tensed her jaw and stared back at her husband. It was an unreadable glare. The part of her mind that wanted to scream and shout, battling with the rational part that just wanted to be calm and measured. Who'd win, that was the question..

"Explains why you're always going away for weeks on end." Alix rolled her eyes, and pulled her hands away from Josh. "The Mafia? I mean really..." A frustrated groan escaped her as she walked into her study. Was she going to do some work? No. Of course not. She just wanted to walk. To move. To use some of that energy for something that wasn't murdering her husband.

[b]"Josh..." [/b]

Alix called from the other room. Voice now calm. 

[b]"How many years would I get for murdering you right now? I reckon I could get off on a crime of passion..."[/b] 

The woman was absentmindedly clicking her stappler, when her iPhone started to ring. It pulled her back to reality as she picked it up and held it to her ear to hear Luca giggling. 

[b]Hey trouble. Grandad been feeding you chocolate, huh?[/b]