“This is the worst,” I said. “She didn’t say anything to you, either?” Michelle shook her head, her gaze dropping to the table. I could tell that Nia’s rift from the group was hurting her too; the Sanity Circle group chat had been conspicuously silent for some time now. “Maybe,” Michelle suggested cautiously, knowing that she was entering dangerous territory, “it was just a function of time. Maybe you were outgrowing each other, and it just took you a while to notice.”
