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[color=efd7ad]"Oh hold up right there!"[/color] Lisa's words sparked newly lit anger and frustration within the physicist. Who was this new version of her lovely wife? Who stood before her and acted this way? [color=efd7ad]"All those long hours without sleep for days on end. All those sleepless nights, struggling with the roadblocks we've struck."[/color] She repeated the words Lisa said back to her. [color=efd7ad]"But not one of those nights you let me in? Not one of those long work days you sat down with me and told me what was going on in your mind? [i]'I've done these tests a number of times throughout the years.'[/i] But not once you thought to include me? Your [i]wife[/i]?! Your partner on this project?!"[/color] Rhiannon shook her head at her wife, now with more force. She stepped back as she ran her hand through her hair and in the thoughtless process pulled down almost half of it. She pointed her hand at Lisa as she continued. [color=efd7ad]"Can you [i]imagine my shock[/i]?"[/color]

A laugh escaped her. It sounded almost hysterical, deprived of all joy but soaked in desperate emotions. [color=efd7ad]"Oh I am very [i]SORRY[/i]"[/color], she spat at her. [color=efd7ad]"That your schedule of how long you wanted to keep me out of the loop didn't go according to plan."[/color]

Rhiannon threw her hands in the air and began to pace again. As Lisa suggested she might stay on the project, Rhiannon spun around to glare her down. Rhia was seldom this angry and she rarely ever raised her voice. She preferred to have civil conversations over senseless fights. This was unlike her. [color=efd7ad]"I don't want you to try and [i]stall[/i] anything and I certainly don't want you meddling with my job."[/color] The woman closed her eyes and let the darkness that came with it soothe her anger. She was trying her best to regain control over her own emotions. When she reopened her eyes, her face showed the scars of her pain. [color=efd7ad]"I dislike the time and place you chose to have this conversation. I don't wanna engage further in it. I have enough emotions to deal with while facing the supervisors now. We will talk about this back home."[/color]

Rhiannon didn't wait for Lisa to give her an answer. She had said she wouldn't talk about this issue further in the current situation and she meant it. She pulled the car door open, got inside, and pulled it close with slight force. When her wife joined her in the vehicle her voice had lost some of its sharpness. [color=efd7ad]"I don't know what you were thinking you were doing or why you would think keeping any secrets from me would benefit me or us down the line. But I love you and I need you to know that, even now. [i]Especially[/i] now. I want to understand where you are coming from but you broke some trust and I don't agree with the actions you took [i]without me[/i]. You could have made me your partner. You could have made us a team. But you chose not to. And I will need to digest that. Who we are as wives and the respect we pay each other wasn't what I thought it was. I will bring it back up once I had some time to clear my head and sort my thoughts. I'd ask you to respect that and refrain from continuing the conversation until then."[/color]

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