Chapter Eleven
After leaving Claudia’s house, Myrtle walked rather slowly in the direction of home, trying to organize her thoughts as she walked. Unfortunately, at one point she wasn’t really watching where she was treading and stepped into some gravel on the sidewalk, that made her stumble. She was glaring at the gravel and kicking it to the side with her foot when she heard a car drive up behind her.
Myrtle turned quickly, thinking it must be Miles again, spying and seeing her walking with difficulty. But it was Maxine Tristan. She rolled her window down and called out, “You all right? Hop in. I’ll drive you wherever you want to go.”
Myrtle was irritated at being caught stumbling and almost refused the help...but then realized that this was a good way to do a quick follow-up with Max
