"I knew she wouldn't call to thank you; I didn't expect it would be to purposely stir things up, to drive a wedge between you and Mr. Carter's sibling relationship." Nina Rice patted Jane Sampson's shoulder and said, "Just now, I really held back so hard not to expose her immediately, to tell her that these things were what you asked Mr. Carter to tell her."
Jillian Carter thought James Carter was favoring her in this matter; she believed James Carter chose to safeguard her interests in the end. James Carter telling her about Jane Sampson's arrangements equaled betraying his actual younger sister, Jane Sampson.
So, Jillian Carter was smug for a whole night.
"Let it be. If she feels happy thinking this way, then let her think so." Jane Sampson really couldn't muster even the slightest bit of annoyance.
Regarding someone like Jillian Carter, Jane Sampson felt that using any emotion was an unnecessary waste of expression.
