[center][color=teal][h2]Jessamyn "Jess" Bailey[/h2][/color][/center]

Jess flinched from the telltale squirming sensation that accompanied the lie. There was no way Reginald hadn't seen her reaction, but she kept her guard up the best she could. [color=teal]"You heard her,"[/color] she said, an irritable edge slipping into her tone from Roxy's annoyance. The room buzzed with frayed nerves, particularly from the older man and his cowardice.

[color=teal]"That reaction..."[/color] she continued. [color=teal]"I have to say, that makes it obvious to anyone you know more than you let on."[/color] That level of defensiveness, the crossed arms, the raised voice, surely had to ring alarm bells even to non-empaths. There, she'd tried to help solve the issue without outright stating she'd picked up on his lies. Much like him, though, for all her reluctance to admit the truth, she'd probably made it clear.