She listens to all of this at first with irritation but by the time he's done she can't help an amused chuckle, shaking her head. "You see the positive in everything." It's a sweet trait, it really is, but in her opinion he's altogether too trusting. "I don't think she's being harmed. I'm concerned that she kept this from you. No one accidentally keeps a secret like that. Either you're failing to keep tabs on your ward or she's very good at hiding things she doesn't want you to know. That worries me."

If she kept that quiet for six months, what else has she been hiding? Sylvia dreads to think.