Adele wasn’t buying that smile. “You can talk to me, you know.”
“Thank you, honey. That’s very sweet. I’m sure we’ll work this out quickly. And I won’t tell him where I got the information.”
Justine spoke as if Adele couldn’t possibly be experienced enough to help her through this, to be a confidante.
“I suspect he was in Half Moon Bay because she lives there and he never thought he’d see me,” Adele said. “I hardly leave the house.”
“You’re going to have to change that, Addie. It’s not good for you.”
“Yeah,” she said, noting how quickly the subject changed to her. “I’ll get right on that.”