# Chapter 22 Yes-But / No-And Outcome Audit - Current Text

YES-BUT - June answers Theo. YES: "`Sunday. 9. Just coffee.`" (line 19). BUT: she defines the terms before seeing him and pays for the coffee herself (line 137), preventing the meeting from becoming his hosted apology.

YES-BUT - Theo apologizes correctly. YES: "I was deciding what you got to know" (line 67). BUT: June refuses usefulness ("Don't be useful right now", line 85), owns her wanted-you part (line 79), and refuses to let him apologize for it.

YES-BUT - June stays. YES: "I'm staying, Theo" (line 91). BUT: "It isn't for you" (line 91), and the Dana/Kessler/Asha facts make the stay belong to her material life rather than the romance.

YES-BUT - portrait disclosed. YES: June knows it exists (line 113). BUT: it remains faced in and under her control (line 127), barred from Odile/walls/guest lists (line 131).

YES-BUT - kiss. YES: "She kissed him" (line 165). BUT: "because the terms are set. Not instead of them" (line 167), keeping consent ahead of romance payoff.

Chapter verdict: YES-BUT-CHAIN-HOLDS.

REVISION ORDERS: none.
