"Rida, then. She has gone to fetch the others."

Veronica was used to being followed around by a full security team at all times even back when she was a small child. Besides, they always had very interesting stories when she talked to the ones who were on break. (She'd been told not to bother them when they were on duty and she adhered to that rule.)

"But just because it has happened before does not mean that you should be fine with it. And surely what she found out did not warrant her hitting you. It looks as if it still hurts. Does it?"