A line forms between her brows. She leans back, on instinct more than anything.

Of all the people she knows, it's Guppy knowing about her and Gene that bothers her the most. She holds him in such high esteem.

It is what it is. Her reputation isn't worth a cent anymore, and she knows it. And she knows he's right, too. People are bound to notice sometime. She just wasn't ready for it to be this soon.

(She wasn't ready for it, period.)