A risk is a risk because it's avoidable.

“What did she do that made her happy? The question implied action, a conscious p…”

“The cold reality of it had struck her, as if, perched on the crest of a roller …”

“I've been wondering," Isabelle commented reflectively over dessert, "if it is f…”

“She'd seen it with Isabelle, the way things could become so permeated with memo…”