"My best friend is like that," she says, voice fond. "She doesn't want anything to do with love or romance, and she wonders how I can." But that's mainly because Ellana and Atisha were led on by the same man. The two of them just had very different responses to finding out the truth. For Ellana, she guards her heart a little more closely now, but would never lock it away. Atisha locked hers away tight and has been suspicious of everyone and their intentions ever since.

"If only more new arrivals shared your concerns," she jokes. "But eventually they get to it. Perhaps they're too tired to wash."