"Car-Carmel?"
Nix called out, the pain on his face mirroring the same pain appearing on Melvin's face. Those emotions made a pang in Carmel's heart, but then her mind kept flashing with the disappointment that she kept causing to Austin, and now if she didn't make a good point here to control these two, then she wouldn't have the face to look at Austin again.
He has been giving and giving to her, while she seemed to have kept hurting him. Then there is the fact of the certain mysterious past that seemed to exist between the two of them, and even above that during this trip, Austin had done nothing but try to be a gentleman. In situations where he could have made it tough for these two, Austin seemed to not mind them at all, even helping them at times.
He has been nothing but cordial, and how would Carmel feel when she sees the two of her best friends being so unreasonable?
