Renegade (2004)
“Jewell was away for the day, so that she wouldn’t be seen crying her eyes out. She put the meat in the refrigerator and sat down in the living room until the tears abated.
She’d just made herself a cup of coffee when Cash drove up in the yard. At the same moment, two women knocked at the back door.
Tippy went to answer it, wishing her eyes weren’t red.
The two women in the grocery store were standing there, looking miserable. One had a basket of cheese and crackers tied with a bow, the other ha...d a small bud vase with a yellow rose in it.
Tippy’s mouth fell open.
“We wanted to say how sorry we were, for the things we said,” the elder of the two said quietly. “You were right. We do believe things when we see them in print, even when they’re not true. But we don’t believe those lies anymore, and we’re making it our business to see that nobody else in Jacobsville believes them, either. Here.” She pushed the basket awkwardly into Tippy’s hands.
“This, too,” the younger woman said with a wan smile.MoreLess
She’d just made herself a cup of coffee when Cash drove up in the yard. At the same moment, two women knocked at the back door.
Tippy went to answer it, wishing her eyes weren’t red.
The two women in the grocery store were standing there, looking miserable. One had a basket of cheese and crackers tied with a bow, the other ha...d a small bud vase with a yellow rose in it.
Tippy’s mouth fell open.
“We wanted to say how sorry we were, for the things we said,” the elder of the two said quietly. “You were right. We do believe things when we see them in print, even when they’re not true. But we don’t believe those lies anymore, and we’re making it our business to see that nobody else in Jacobsville believes them, either. Here.” She pushed the basket awkwardly into Tippy’s hands.
“This, too,” the younger woman said with a wan smile.MoreLess
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