Right.

[She thought about that for a moment, about what those words could mean and when she lifted her head this time, she'd schooled the Rose Hathaway mask into place.]

I mean really when you think about it... Maybe you were just doing it for somebody else.

[Though, that didn't make any sense, not to her and she suspected, sure as hell not to him but it was the kind of lie that you could use as a shield.]

And you just drew the short straw of having to come with me.

[A tight, barely believable grin pulling at her lips, all show and no emotion to it.]

I guess we'll never know.