"How do you think I should say it?" Patience asked. She didn't want to rise to the snapping tone of her sister's voice, but it was frustrating not to understand. "It's happened. I'm not saying I'm happy with it, but I can't change it, so I have to accept it and learn to live with it."
Her voice had risen a bit, but she took a deep breath and settled herself, setting down the glass that she realized, suddenly, she was still holding. She really didn't need to be upset about it, but since she'd been half-sedated for a while, it was still new and fresh, still something that she was tackling.