[ Ella pauses to get more comfortable on the couch, collecting her thoughts. ]

She's a little more tolerable than Hattie, and maybe that's because she's ...slower. But I don't get along with her that much either. She always followed whatever Hattie said, since Hattie is older. Having both of them here would just make things... more difficult.

[ At least as far as dodging Hattie. Ella would't put it past her stepsister to tell Olive to keep an eye on Ella - and Ella really didn't want to see her here. ]

If anyone was here, I kind of wish it would be one of my friends; Mandy or Arieda. Or even Lucinda.