“No, she didn’t see me.”
“Then it’s all right. We’ll leave here right away.”
“Leave here?” Julie looked around the little room blankly.
“Why, yes, honey. We got to leave. She’ll be coming back again.”
“She won’t be back for a little bit,” Julie said.
“How’s that? How do you know she won’t be back?”
“Mrs. Watkins heard her say she was going away for a day or so.”
“Going away? Where’s she going? Did she hear where she was going?”
She was silent, looking at him.
“Did she hear where she was going?” he persisted.