She was on the verge of giving her a pat answer. A shrug, a uncommitted 'fine,' something or the other that would show just how well she was holding up. She didn't need tea and sympathy, right? She could stand on her own and play it cool and...
"I don't..."
Shrugging and playing it cool would mean that it hadn't actually happened. That at any minute, he would walk through the door with a lopsided smile and...