The Boutique Owner Told Me to Stay Quiet Before I Heard Something I Was Not Meant to Hear

back: She will. She always reaches for shiny things. And she will be wearing gloves because of her arthritis. So no fingerprints, even better.

I read that sentence twice.

She knew about my gloves. The thin ones I wore because my hands stiffened in air-conditioned rooms and the cold made my arthritis flare. She was not just planning to use me. She was continue reading …