Francesca seemed to have been speaking plainly when she said that she didn’t know what to say; she was perfectly content to settle down in front of the television and watch the sort of reality show she usually described as lacking in substance and a pointless waste of time.
It was part of the way she was learning to understand what the people she was surrounded by were saying, and she felt guilty whenever she asked Jonas for help with a phrase or word she couldn’t figure out.
He had learned to speak English on his own, and he had learned by spending time with people who didn’t care enough to teach him.
She should have taken the time to help him, but she was disinterested in him and she didn’t want to get to know him- she hadn’t cared that he was clearly feeling isolated, because she did
