"Not really," she admits. That means explaining that first strange conversation, maybe means brushing up against what happened at Grady. But if she doesn't, Daryl's not going to get it. And he needs to, because Byerly's a good actor when he feels like it. "You'll get it when you meet him. He wants you to think he's a stupid rich guy who doesn't care about anything but getting drunk. But he's not."

That's the empty space in this equation, what that act is supposed to cover up and why. Without being able to explain that, she has to at least touch on what happened, but she can't seem to find a way to say it that won't make everything worse. The twig she's been playing with snaps between her fingers. "He's lying about everything. All the time."