The next day, when I saw Cecily at the office, she looked pale with dark circles under her eyes. She was already small and fair, but now she resembled a frostbitten white rose, frail and sickly. She looked so pitiful.

Lynne came across her post on social media and sent me a screenshot. It was a picture of her lonely back with the caption, “Your understanding is only because no one cares about you.”

Lynne, all gossip, commented, “Could it be that she and ...