What? [Genuinely taken aback by that, and she has to just stare for a moment before her brain catches up. She won't snap back, because she has no right to, even if it means swallowing down her instinctive defensiveness] No, of course not. I couldn't care less about that, and I'd quit, anyway.

[... She would, too. She didn't realize until she'd said it out loud, but there you have it]

Brandon, please. [Please what? She doesn't know how to say anything; she should have put more thought into it before starting the conversation.] I don't want there to be any bad feelings. For anyone. That's all.

[That's not too hard to believe, is it? Steph thinks she's the sort of person who'd try to make sure everyone was happy anyway, even without Brandon's issues and the fact she knows Clark]