[There's some satisfaction in surprising him, of course. But she doesn't gloat. Instead, she watches him, her fingers continuing to graze his skin lightly.]

Everyone has something they've never told anyone.

[She laughs a little.]

I'll tell you one of mine.

When I was six, we had a couple Mormon missionaries visit the compound. I heard them talking about paradise and Salt Lake City and got it into my six-year-old head that Salt Lake was some kind of magical place filled with waterfalls and unicorns. So I went up to my room and packed my pink, Barbie suitcase, and told my mother that I was going to go to the bus station because I was ready to go see the unicorns.