"As I see it, the only thing I have not tried is encouraging W to leave;"

You do understand that what you're doing isn't really what is meant by doing what works.

What you just did was pretty much push her out the door.

M-43 W-40
2D - 9 and 5

Emotion, yet peace.
Ignorance, yet knowledge.
Passion, yet serenity.
Chaos, yet harmony.
Death, yet a new life.

RECONCILED AND WISER