Lionel’s POV
I am frozen at the question.
I am completely caught off guard. I had not expected this direct confrontation. I am not ready for it.
“I don’t-I don’t know what you’re talking about.” I stutter out. ‘i***t,’ I think to myself.
Joseph is unrelenting. “Don’t pull that bullshit with me! It’s written all over your stupid f*****g face!”
His disrespect angers me now. “Watch yourself. Don’t you speak to me that way.”
But now Joseph is on a roll. I don’t understand the reason for his anger. All signs of joking and lightheartedness have disappeared.
“I’ll say what the f**k I want when you’re being a complete i***t. How could you fall in love with her? Tell me!”
My first response is to deny him. I do not have to explain myself to him. Not after his crude remark and now insane
