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Wolf paused with his thumb over Vera's contact in his phone. It was an unfortunate truth that he'd gotten good at reading faces in order to survive his relationship with Vera. It didn't actually help him that much on a daily basis, as he was really only attuned to Vera herself... but Alex wasn't doing a very good job of hiding her feelings right now.

He could no longer ignore that something was off.

[color=778899]"She... has good days and bad days? Why do you ask?"[/color] Wolf tilted his head. It was such an oddly specific question to ask about somebody you hadn't seen in years... unless. [color=778899]"You [i]did[/i] talk to her, didn't you? Did she do something?"[/color] 

But if that was true, why wouldn't Alex just tell him? What was scaring her? Why... why didn't Vera tell him? It made sense though, didn't it? Alex had tried to change her story, but she'd still admitted to it. Her behavior made no sense otherwise, and yet what would drive her to hide it? He felt... dizzy, thinking about it? He felt an overwhelming rushing sensation in his head, as if he was drowning beneath unrelenting waves in the ocean.

He tried to keep it from showing, but it hurt. He wanted her to just tell him what was going on. He wanted her to trust him... but he had no right to ask for that.