‘I know you"ve only seen her in the store, but how would you describe Reece Norman?’
Bianca waited until she’d clicked the seatbelt buckle into place before she answered.
‘I felt sorry for her and the girls, if I"m honest with you,’ she began. ‘I don"t like to use the p-word, but if you pushed me, I"d say they looked poor.’
‘That"s the impression I"m getting so far. Is there a father on the scene or is she on her own with the kids?’
‘I saw her with some guy a couple of months ago, but I haven"t seen him around recently. She seems to keep herself to herself. The kids are nice—you never hear her screaming at them or anything like that. And there"s something really different about them…’
She paused a moment.
‘What?’ Cory probed.
‘The kids never asked for stuff in the store. I used to s
