Matilda Farris was a great advocate of the belief that what her father did not know wouldn’t hurt him (or her), so she just shot the other girl a bright smile.
“Call it research of my own,” Mattie said smoothly; and if it came to it, that she was being accompanied by a healer (a Sensible working woman, then) was sure to soothe his grievances with it. But she was of a mind that he needn’t find out at all; she had at least an hour, maybe two, to kill. She brushed off any lingering concerns with a wave of her hand and a careless change of subject. “So. Is much new with you?”
“Call it research of my own,” Mattie said smoothly; and if it came to it, that she was being accompanied by a healer (a Sensible working woman, then) was sure to soothe his grievances with it. But she was of a mind that he needn’t find out at all; she had at least an hour, maybe two, to kill. She brushed off any lingering concerns with a wave of her hand and a careless change of subject. “So. Is much new with you?”
