"There's a difference between lying and not…being obvious," Tracey responded. She knew she was splitting hairs, but that's all this had ever been. The danger in what they had shared had always been just small matters of degrees. Heidi had just never been able to realize that…
"Some people would say I'm daft for being within a hundred meters of you. If I get caught consorting with you this time, people won't buy any denials even if they are true," Tracey shot back.
Listening at the door, she heard a bit of movement but not the tell tale noise of Heidi snorting coke. Tracey paused for a long time. She sighed and sadly slid down the door with her back to it to sit herself. "I don't know," she admitted, sounding broken and defeated.
Pulling a pack of expensive cigarettes from her robes, she took one and lit it. Inhaling deeply, she found she was shaking as she tried to hold it.