"I wasn't worried," she said, "about that. You think she's making a bad call. I can't say it sounds like the best idea I've ever heard, either. You said she's being faithful like it's a bad thing, but at least it shows she hasn't changed. If she wasn't being faithful, wouldn't that seem intrinsically worse?"

Layla rested her elbow on her knee and propped her chin on the heel of her hand, not bothering to push her hair back when it slipped from behind her ear.

"She could still come to her senses. Or maybe it truly just doesn't bother her."