Look, they were at the carnival for fun and delicious food. Liam's issues with her family were neither and also not fixable by anything but time.

Also, Verity hadn't realized how hungry she was until the scent of funnel cake hit her nose. And now she was starving.

"Two funnel cakes please!" Lucky for them, the line was non-existent at this time of day and the carnie was able to hand over two, piping hot funnel-cakes, crispy and golden and smelling like heaven. "Conversation on pause, funnel cake tasting now," she announced, handing it over.

Paused, not over. Obviously not. But you couldn't enjoy funnel cake while brooding over family angst.