So many times, she's insisted Curtis can trust her. He's still pretty sure that was just to put him at ease, trying as she was to build a space where he could feel safe.

He wonders, though, if this was part of it, too. Insisting Curtis could trust her because she spent so much time not trusting people. She knows what it feels like, deeper than Curtis ever realized.

He returns the smile, faintly, and gives her arm a small squeeze of reassurance.