The dish shattered spectacularly. He hoped they weren't near enough to the neighbors for the argument to be overheard; someone stopping by to check that everything was alright was the last thing either of them needed right now.

"You know you're doing just what she wants," he said petulantly. He wished they were speaking the same language, but in the heat of the moment it was hard to think how to say anything in Spanish — he was lucky he was able to follow what she was saying. "She came here to make things difficult for me, and you're letting her. If you love me," Present tense, where she had used past tense. "Talk to me."

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