Chapter 172

• It took her a few minutes to hold back the tears. Suddenly, this was no longer about her, but about me.
• "If it were easy, you would have fought for your partner," she said with a hint of irritation. It was as if she were trying to escape from herself by using my words against me. "You talk to me about fighting my pride, but you didn't humble yourself for your partner. That's why you're with someone else!"
• My goal was only to try to help her. I think the time to think made her feel offended and think she needed to fight back to feel better. Lorraine being Lorraine, after all.