It was hard to tell if Scott was surprised by the information or not. If he was, Florence couldn’t really tell, because the death look in his eyes clouded anything else he might have been feeling at that moment.

What she did know was that Scott wouldn’t stand still and do nothing, and that made her fear for his life even more. She had done exactly what Pearl told her not to: tell Scott about her threat.

However, Florence believed that Scott wouldn’t do anything drastic that ...