Pamela shook her head. Every time she thought Alex had a limit she learned otherwise. It was also disturbing to realize how much she and all the others had let Tess down.
"Tess," Pamela said as she took a step toward the other woman. "We never once required people to be useful to stay with us." She emphasized the word as if it disgusted her. "If I had known that's what kept you from coming to us I would have done this a long time ago."