" Crystal, can I ask you a question?" She looked at her before nodding her head. They were having lunch in Crystal's office. She had an emergency at the clinic and Mercedes offered to accompany her.

" Uh... I dont- How should I say this?" she paused briefly, thinking about how to phrase her question. She was uncomfortable, but she really needed someone else's experience on the matter.

" I wanted to ask something personal. If you don't want to tell me, you totally don't have to," she says in a ...