Seeing her reaction to her question, Veronica immediately began to apologize, “I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to cross the line. Please forgive me.”

“It's fine.” Megan said, “but why did you ask?”

“Like I said, I was only curious and I let my curiosity get the best out of me. I didn't mean to ask. Please just forget that I asked about it.” Veronica said in a rush.

“Calm down now, will you?” Megan said and she paused for a bit.”

“If you were so curious, why didn't ...