[If it means distracting herself from spiraling? Yes. Plus, she does genuinely care about Steve and his happiness. She smiles as much as she can when she hears things are good between them.]

Good, I’m glad. You deserve to be happy, even in a place like this. Especially in a place like this.

[Her smile fades when he asks an important, but upsetting, question.]

A couple of days ago, but we’ve been talking. So when I didn’t hear from him today I knew something was off.