Clara Grant and Poppy Vance emerged from the restroom, chatting as they headed back.
"Clara, are you afraid of Brother Quinn, or do you hate him?"
Clara was at a loss. 'Poppy, how am I supposed to answer a question like that?'
She simply tilted her head, looked at Poppy, and asked instead of answering, "What makes you ask that?"
"I mean, you and Brother Quinn are a couple. But he had to resort to trickery just to get you to meet him. Doesn't that point to a problem? You're either afraid of him or you hate him. Otherwise, why wouldn't you want to see him?"
Poppy said this as if it were the most obvious thing in the world, even using herself and Linden Jennings as an example. "Look at me and Linden—we're nothing like you guys. If he wants to see me, or I want to see him, we just do, as long as we're both free."
Clara thought to herself, 'Just as I suspected. They all assume Seth Quinn and I are a real couple.'
