"I respectfully disagree," she said in reply to James' statement. "I think we all want someone to be determined enough to find whatever we think is so fragile it needs to be hidden." She crossed her arms on the table in front of her, and she thanked the waitress for the wine, telling her to keep the change as she paid for it. "Still, you're very good at hiding whatever is beneath that confident exterior. I envy that." She said the last with a warm smile, not at all judgmental.
She nodded then. "The anonymous post - did it concern you overmuch?" she asked, taking a sip of the red and waiting for the other woman's answer, before giving her own opinion on the matter.