The problem was that telling her what was going on would mean opening up that entire side of himself he'd kept hidden and he wasn't sure if she was ready for that yet. Or if he was ready for that.

"I talked to someone I hadn't since I left home and she and I didn't have a great conversation," he said vaguely. It was the truth but he knew the way he phrased it made it sound like the problem was Brid and not what was happening in Seattle. "It was another tense one for me."