Relieved that Alice seemed to believe her, Sloane didn't have much time to enjoy the feeling as something else was bubbling up right behind it.

"He knows, he told he knew he said things he shouldn't have. Why, why is that so hard?" Frustration leaked into her words. "This is exactly what we fought about." She huffed out an exasperated sigh. "I just wanted him to try and reach out. I'm so tired of being in the middle." Maybe that was a little selfish of her, but it honestly wouldn't have killed him to actually give it some effort when he knew if he was as careful with his words to her as he was to Alice, there might have been some positive progress.