: “Georgie opened a soda without offering Mandy a sip. That’s their version of screaming.” At the dinner table, Jim says grace – quick, efficient. Then he asks Georgie about work.

(quietly) : “Fine. I’ll return it.”

: “We talked on the way here.”

Mandy says nothing. That’s an answer.

: “He was my only friend before you.”

They laugh – real this time.