If the town was still buzzing with gossip over Samuel Wilcox’s confrontation with Robert Rowe, Danica didn’t hear anything of it. Although she lingered at the school longer than was strictly necessary in the hope that Robert would make a return visit to see her, he didn’t appear, and she didn’t have any plausible errands at Brannen’s store so she could hear what people were saying for herself. Likewise, Clara and Mrs. Wilson were uncharacteristically subdued at dinner that evening, possibly because of their spat the night before.
All Danica could do was tell herself that if something truly terrible had happened, they would have heard of it, even at Mrs. Wilson’s boarding house. Flagstaff was too small for word not to get around quickly.
Despite that, Danica resolved to do something to re
