The balance swings wildly. Between upset and angry, between hurt and full of bile, between the intellectual-emotional maturity people have come to expect of her and the raw unbridled immaturity that comes with puberty.

Her entire body jerks slightly as her face wrinkles.

"I did consider."

Clive and Katya, she considered, would have possibly said yes. But for the Clubs? Elisha would have said no. Argine would have said no. Kevin would have said no.

Her eyes have to drop from his.