[Tea forgotten but still clutched tightly in her hands, a makeshift security blanket, Evelyn doesn't know how much she might consider her decision to reach out for closeness as a betrayal. She had once asked Cecil whether he thought it was unreasonable to love more than one person, and he had helped her to justify a need to mitigate loneliness at the time. In light of her husband's arrival it is important not to let stale sentiment run away from her.

Cami is exceedingly quick on the uptake, but then - it's difficult not to recognise an O'Connell when they declare it loudly across the network.]

I've been married to Rick for nine years.

[Nine years with little incident, a happy near-decade of time together, affection and unwavering support. He has never sought to control her, nor lie to her. They are honest, and steadfast, and she alone is breaking that pact by withholding evidence of her affair.]

I love him. I do, with- with everything that I am and I never thought I would see him again. Not after dying.

[Moving away from the window she seats herself across from Cami, cradling the teacup in her hands.]

...I loved Will too, even after he broke my heart.