Then she said: “And because none of you would ever have let me ask.”

Bea left.

Not angrily — she just picked up her jacket and walked out of the restaurant and drove back to the motel.

Ines went after her, which Ines does, and which is the only time it ever works.

Solveig cried, which Solveig never does.

Odile sat perfectly still with her hands flat on an upturned table for about a minute and a half and then said, “Okay.

I need everybody to go to bed,” and stood up.