There was the subtlest hint of a satisfied smile when Emilia revealed Nysa's thoughts, even though it was unethical and wrong and blah blah blah. "Not thinking about it" was better than "entertaining the possibility".
You didn't need to be an empath to know Arwen's demeanor betrayed exactly the opposite in terms of emotion. You only needed to be her sister and have some common sense. Of course the law talk came right after, and Desi had to take a deep breath. "We've...been down that road before." She murmured, lowering her gaze to the still trembling cups. Looking up briefly to Arwen, Desi shook her head.
The briefest rage-induced vertigo passed through her as Emilia described her fear of their father's reaction. As if that should factor into it right now - or ever, as far as she was concerned. "Father is a buffoon and his opinion shouldn't matter." She turned to Emilia. "I'm not saying you shouldn't do what you think is best, and I'm not saying you're wrong, but like I said that night, I'm a witness. I saw the bruises, I saw your state, and all I did was take away the pain so you have to have a little bruising still. Under the skin if nothing else."
The little rage-induced vertigo had now come back and settled itself within her, turning her back and neck rigid as wood. She hadn't gone anywhere near Doran only because she might actually choke the little bastard to death with her own bare hands for treating her sister like that. All in all, it was better to stay away. Desi turned to Arwen again. "The kids are fine, they're safe." Or they were, last she had checked. "We...I at first thought she might have, you know, offed the douche. So we thought we might wait it out, see if it was true or not. It wasn't, thank God. And then..." She shrugged. She should have done more, but the right and ethical thing wasn't Desi's department. If anyone's, it was Arwen's. Desi was the kind to help her sisters hide a dead body and possibly set fire to the evidence, Arwen was the kind to make sure the paperwork was airtight against incriminating them. At least that's how she saw things.