"No."

His voice is firm, decisive. Every sob builds on the anger inside his chest like a tower. He doesn't know how to tell her what Lorraine means to him because he can't say what Swann means to him, and here she is acting like he was unfaithful when all he's done is receive some text messages.

"My friendship with her has nothing to do with you. It never did. I met her nearly ten years ago."