Welma's expression changed. "Is that it?" she asked, slightly raising her voice.
Rose glanced at her. "Whatever do you mean?" she asked, frowning as she met eyes with Welma.
"Are you not going to ask me more questions about this or yell or be angry?" Welma asked, taking a step forward. There was still quite some distance between them, and Rose remained seated on the bed.
"Now what will that do?" Rose asked her with a solemn expression. "Besides, weren't you saying a moment ago that you may not have a choice in this? Doing all of that would just be a waste of time."
"You aren't angry?" Welma asked, peering at Rose.
Rose rolled her eyes. "Compared to everything you have done, this is the least annoying," she said and looked away. She wasn't lying when she said it was the least annoying—this didn't get on her nerves.
