"Shhh, shhh, shhh. Don't cry," he whispered comfortingly, sitting beside her and petting her head on his shoulder. "Everything is okay, shhh, shhh. I should have known. I should have seen the signs. You were suddenly sullen and unhappy when Stanley arrived.
"I should have been attentive. But the only thing I could think of when you left was that you had finally gotten your memory back."
"I never lost it," Kate grumbled against his chest, sniffling at interval. "I knew all along. Before coming fully awake, regaining my consciousness, a kind of reversal happened in my mind where I saw the image clearly. I realized that she was the one forcing herself on you," she said it like she was informing him of a slight mistake on his electricity bill; like it was no big deal at all.
