It's a start, Katie thinks. She's more coherent now, though it must be difficult to talk about this at all, about much of anything right now. Katie takes a deep breath, slow and solid, as if leading by example, and reaches up to brush some tears from Tara's cheek.

"Think about it if you have to," she suggests. "He isn't dead. Don't write him off yet." If it happens, she'll hurt plenty later. There's no need to borrow trouble. That's easier said than done, though. "Even if you changed, it sounds like you still both love each other." She's lucky for that. David changed into someone Katie didn't know.