This was already getting so weird for her. She was supposed to be starting a new life away from John and mostly all involved. Richard had been so kind when things went down the way they did, she trusted him. But, she had to admit, the fact that he wouldn't just outright say this was a joke had her panicking inside. Had she finally hit crazy after John's fiasco. She'd read how things like that happened to women in abusive relationships. Not that this had always been a physical one, but the mental abuse---had it finally caught up with her?
She stepped inside with a polite hello. She hadn't seen Richard since she moved back in with her parents. It was better that way, she'd started to believe that she was invading too much of his personal life by being there. He'd taken care of her though, she owed him a great deal. "You're starting to scare me a bit, Richard." She took a seat, flattening out her skirt in her lap. "It was just the boy I ran into. He spoke as if he knew the both of you, but I'd never seen him before."