Ella stared quizzically at Denise as she wondered what Fred must have done to melt Denise's heart overnight. She found it too depressing to think or even believe that Denise would consider Fred after all the accumulated anger she bore against him.
"What about Tom, Denise?" Ella asked in a riled tone when Denise continued to sob without saying anything.
"You know Tom loves you so much and imagine the level of damage this your sudden love for his brother will do to him." Ella tried to reason with Denise.
"For goodness sake, Fred took advantage of you while you were drunk and grieving. What makes you think that he is not trying to take advantage of you right now? He is jealous of his brother and he intends to ruin your relationship with Tom. You are smarter than this Denise. Come on, use your brain."
Denise slowly lifted her sad face and stared keenly into Ella's eyes.
