"Fine," Mallory snapped. "Yeah, they do. Okay? They -" she faltered. It was hard, lying to Benson. It was hard to lie to everyone, but especially hard to lie to him.
She shrugged, finally defeated. "Okay, so Laura can't stand him," she confessed. "But that doesn't mean a thing," she continued, hearing herself stick up for Brian once again. It was so weird how she could be so exasperated with him at times, and want to leave him, but then in the next breath defend him savagely.