Carolyn was very confident that her next move would yeild a positive result. This confidence is a booster against the fact that she had been beaten once, and therefore had become twice shy. To prevent her from becoming thrice shy, she tried to ensure that when next she made a move, he would stick together for as long as he remained in that house.

She thought in her mind that if she tried the gimmicks and marco still remained obstinate, then she would do it and damn the consequences.

Nobody could fill her and she was not ready to be a fool for anybody. The feeling she had for him...