The impact of a failed confession is something she knew all too well. If anyone dared to provoke her while she was feeling down, it might not just lead to simple bickering. She might have physically attacked them.
Who asked you to run your mouth so much?
"You used Captain Hutchinson's money to buy this?"
Upon thinking about it, Becca Reyes pulled herself out of her thoughts and then raised an eyebrow at Flossie Wright, her expression suffused with a subtle teasing smile.
"Yes."
Flossie Wright responded without even looking at the box again.
"It's been a while. You didn't send it, right?"
"No."
"Who do you think sent it?"
"Not sure."
Answering briefly, Flossie Wright's thoughts were not really on this issue at all.
