Sunset Valley layaway dreams, choked on first breath

Must she ask? Of course there’s a problem. Marble thought she made that obvious. The woman’s presence was not appreciated. She couldn’t decide  whether her silence made that worse.

No. She didn’t say that because there wasn’t a problem, she said it because she wanted her to leave. No, was the only way she knew how to communicate that. Marble rather not speak at all, but body language didn’t get the Heron Man to leave, so it probably wouldn’t work now either. People listen better when spoken to, she’s learned.