Despite the anger and resentment she feels toward Luke, Nadia still harbors a tenderness toward him. Perhaps because she’s exhausted, she finally accepts his help and sympathy, crying in front of him for the second time in the novel. Again, it’s important to remember that Nadia only cries when she’s with Luke, showing how Luke is able to bring out Nadia’s internalized, bottled up emotions. Given that Robert has just told Nadia a story about his mother killing his misogynistic and uncaring father in a bathtub, it’s especially significant that Luke runs a bath for Nadia in this moment, telling her, “I want to take care of you.” In doing so, he communicates his desire to humble himself by taking on the responsibility of supporting Nadia. However, since Robert’s father was left bleeding in the tub, the bath that Luke runs for Nadia may also suggest danger and destruction.