XXI.
IT IS SAFE TO SAY that as the days went on, Amanda seemed to have become even more distant, even after her reassurance that nothing was wrong, there was something that is going on that she wouldn’t talk about. I did not doubt in my mind that money troubles had a small part to play in this but there was something even larger going on, something she did not want to let slip. I could preach and ask her to talk to me to tell me what was going on it felt like the more I pressed and hassled, the more closed off she was becoming.
I have noticed that she would force a smile on her face to avoid the questions, or it would be the complete opposite where she would look straight through me like I was completely transparent with her ignoring everything that I would say. I don't know what more I
