I nodded slowly, glancing between the two angry brothers.
"Look, Daisy and I, we don't know what you guys have gone through, what your sisters have gone through... and we don't have to know that. That's fine. But, we've both known each of you long enough to know that you guys are really good people. I wouldn't say that if I didn't mean it." I was just speaking, of course I meant it all, but I didn't even know what I was going to say until I said it.. diffusing tense situations was never my strongest trait. "Just, yeah, take a breather..."
Joe was the first to look at me, only for a short moment before he twisted away and stormed off down the hall. I didn't know what I'd just seen in his eyes, but I could sense that he was on the edge of a different kind of emotional over-spill.