"She doesn't ask me anything anymore," Aaron said. "She knows there's no point. I haven't ever said a word to her." Neil imagined sitting in stony silence while Betsy chattered away about this and that. It was at once inspiring and unsettling. He didn't know if he could stomach a half-hour of that. "I wish I'd thought of that. I gave her a rundown of UT's merits instead." "Predictable," Aaron said.

