Sawyer cleared his throat a little awkwardly and shifted beside Elizabeth on the bed. The conversation was making him uncomfortable; she didn’t need to have any kind of psychic link with him to know that.
“I’m not using you as a bargaining chip. Ever. Not in any capacity.”
“I didn’t imply that, did I?"
“If you weren’t thinking it, you were going to soon enough. I know you. You tend to be less rational when it comes to me, and suggesting some kind of deal with my father where you sacrifice some part of who you are because you think it will help is exactly the kind of thing you would think about doing.”
“There isn’t any point in that. It would have been safer to try and work out a reasonable deal with Matt. But the way you are with your father… it’s interesting.”
“Elizabeth, unless you’
