"This is all my fault. I wasn't thinking straight. Please forgive me, Nina!" Renee Jennings said, bowing deeply again. She then pulled Nathan Lynch over, apparently wanting the child to apologize alongside her.
'Her pitiful act was making me look like the aggressive one.'
Naomi Kenway reached out, grabbed her wrist, and smiled. "Haven't I already forgiven you? I never realized, Ms. Jennings, that you had a penchant for obsessively apologizing to people."
Renee Jennings's expression stiffened slightly.
"I respect other people's hobbies, but I'm not a fan of this one myself. Don't do it again."
Naomi Kenway smiled gently, but for some reason, a chill ran down Renee Jennings's spine.
"Nina, as long as you've forgiven me, that's all that matters. Then... I'll take Mona and head back."
Before she left, Renee Jennings couldn't help but glance at Naomi Kenway's potato patch. It looked like she had dug up about half the plot, roughly the same progress as her own.
