"I enjoy the sort of relationships I have, it was just very good to have someone see me," she said, finding her words as she played with her spoon in her tea once again. For most of the men in her life, she represented something or someone. For one, it was that they enjoyed being financially dominated, for another it was that they got some satisfaction in it. Phoenix had seen her, not the people pleasing mask she enjoyed hiding behind.
Just hearing Iris speak of enjoying Italy had her reminiscing of her own trip to Rome just a few years prior. "You'll love all of it, definitely do that. I'll be here to cover anything that comes up," she encouraged her friend, happily picking at her cupcake.