_{‘or you could do me one better and teach me how to protect myself. then i’ll have a better chance if someone snatches me up to use me against sam.’ the possibility would never go away as far as she was concerned.}

_{‘i could, but do you really think i would?’ more specifically, did she really think that it mattered? ky wasn’t going to spend hours trying to teach her something like that. no, he would do something better; a personal trainer, but one he could trust. ‘everything will come in time, jess. you just need to have patience.’}