RAVEN
We'd only been driving for a short time when the driver spoke, his voice cautious, doing exactly what I hoped he wouldn't.
“I don’t mean to poke my nose where it doesn’t belong… but are you alright?”
I hadn't wanted him to ask, so I should have said yes. I didn't, however. Instead, the entire ugly scene spilled out—Phoebe's insults and the way she had attacked me for no reason apart from being mean. I left Lyall and the money completely out of it and just told him how some people seemed to wake up every day looking for someone weaker to tear down.
He listened without interrupting. After a moment, he said, “Some people are sadly like that." There was another short silence before he added, “I’m sorry that happened to you.”
“Thank you. And I’m sorry for dumping all of it on you. Yo
