"Grabbed me by the neck and pinned me to the wall. Only for a few seconds, really." She swipes her tongue over her teeth and chuckles humourlessly. "Didn't even hurt."

He would've had to try a lot harder to do her any real damage, and some part of her still wishes he'd given her the excuse, but no. Being the bigger person was the right thing, even if it feels like shit.

"I told him about my time with you both and he didn't believe me. So I told him things I could only know if he'd told me. And then he just fell back on poking at things to try and get a rise out of me. Probably would've worked, not that long ago."