"You know, Kara," she said, "next to my husband, I don't think I've felt so strongly about another person than I do for you. I'm shocked that you considered moving home was an option." She grabbed Kara's hand and looked at her directly. "It's not, okay. We'll figure this out."

Kara finally smiled and nodded.

"We'll figure it out," Kelly assured her again.

Kara sighed. "I just... I have to ask you a few difficult questions and I don't want to cause you any pain. Marie had told everyone before not to ask you about certain things, and it's never come up so no one in our group has needed...