Not knowing that Tatum was hoping for someone else, Rowan poked her head in the door first. "Hey." She followed in the room after Tatum gave her the go-ahead and moved into Tatum's part of the room.

"I got your email and... it sounded kind of off, so I wanted to step across the hall and make sure that... that you, um... are you ok? You kind of look like hell." Because her friend looked down, and like more than hell. Rowan felt her concern deepen slightly as she looked Tatum in the face. "Did something happen? Do you want to... to talk about it?" Rowan was getting good at these little talks.