The fact that this was the best case scenario they could think up was really depressing, but it was the best case scenario from Ford's perspective. It was certainly better than thinking Swann had some unknown ulterior motive, or that he and Verity had secretly been carrying on together longer than he and Noble had been paying attention. It wasn't as though Ford enjoyed worrying about Verity day and night since her kidnapping, so to discover that they'd been negligent chaperones even before her kidnapping would be awful. If he had to be more uptight with Grace and Clem to see them through their seasons respectably... he simply didn't have it in him. Particularly with Clem.
"I just worry about what will happen when he gets over that," Ford said uneasily. "That can't last more than a few months, right? Once he actually gets to know her..." Ford shrugged. He didn't mean that Verity was unpleasant, necessarily, only that she was human. If Swann was chasing some fantasy version of her, it couldn't last long.
"I just worry about what will happen when he gets over that," Ford said uneasily. "That can't last more than a few months, right? Once he actually gets to know her..." Ford shrugged. He didn't mean that Verity was unpleasant, necessarily, only that she was human. If Swann was chasing some fantasy version of her, it couldn't last long.
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