"is that why he has not come home tonight?" L'oreal adds.

"I do not know.

C'mon, I'll tuck you in," Deborah replies.

Their conversation fizzed out, and once more they were alone.

She swallows another gulp of air before slumping to the ground,

She sits on the chilly floor for an instant, trying to get the taste of bile off her mouth.

She hadn't felt so sad crying for Tenz Jer'sey.

And she hopes Cat M'noo's okay for all the ways she's been mean to her.

Grasping for another breath, she gets up.

Maybe she's just starting her period on top of everything else.

That would explain everything—her overblown emotions...