(Her back has straightened at the change in temperature - she can remember that - but there's no other reaction.
"I think you do. But I don't know."
Elle won't say what's just beneath it, that this may all be so obvious to Ava, that she must think Ava's bad and could tell anyone, or if she hasn't, it must be for a reason. Elle might even understand it - if she knew any of that. Was aware enough to presume any of it. But she's being honest.
And there's a finality to her tone that suggests, Maybe you should keep it that way.
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(Her back has straightened at the change in temperature - she can remember that - but there's no other reaction.
"I think you do. But I don't know."
Elle won't say what's just beneath it, that this may all be so obvious to Ava, that she must think Ava's bad and could tell anyone, or if she hasn't, it must be for a reason. Elle might even understand it - if she knew any of that. Was aware enough to presume any of it. But she's being honest.
And there's a finality to her tone that suggests, Maybe you should keep it that way.