Travis looked at Helen angry she called him a son of a bitch. The alcohol in his system added fuel to his anger."What did you just call me? Just because you're sucking off-"
When Travis boldly made an attempt to step closer to Helen, Eli pulled her behind him and stepped to Travis. Travis and Eli were around the same height and build.
"Touch any of them and I'll snap your neck tonight," Eli warned loudly for Travis and anyone else eavesdropping to hear. His patience was running thinner than ever with people not adhering to his warning to don't touch Helen.
Josephine had long exited the relationship, why was Travis holding unto it when he always threatened to leave her? Now that another man was with Josephine, Travis claimed to love her again.
Hardly any of these people understood what love was to differentiate it from obsession and infatuation. They used the word love so loosely that it didn't hold the same weight as before.