"I'm glad," Briseis said, those words meaning more than almost anything else Helen could have said. To be a safe place for Helen was all that Briseis wanted to be. She squeezed Helen's hand softly and then released it, relaxing into the couch. "This apartment gets so lonely with just me. When I first moved her, it was with a man I was going to marry." She smiled a little sadly, remembering David. "It's not as good on my own."