“Tell me about them.” I asked, wanting to pry, but not wanting to push her. “So, how does a New York girl end up in Iowa?” I asked her nonchalantly. At first, Anna looked as if she were going to shut me down and stonewall about her past as she thought about what to say, but then she eased into it by trying to make light of her situation. “My story is just like everyone else’s, I guess,” she said jokingly. “A girl grows up in a loving home, but has big-city dreams, so she moves to Iowa to make something of herself.” A swing and a miss, but the count is nowhere near full so I press on. “People don’t move to Iowa to live out their dreams unless their dream is sitting on a porch playing checkers or raising a blue-ribbon hog for the state fair.”
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“I have a 350 pound sow named Millicent and with her I’m sure looking to take the judges by storm this year.” I brushed off her playful banter, but inside I wanted to laugh a little even though I knew I had to keep on the pressure. “Back at my house you told June you had parents and a brother,” I said to her hoping to back her into a corner so she’ll spill the beans. She complies with my prying by saying, “Yeah, I guess I did tell her that, didn’t I? But that was for her benefit, the less she knows about me and the Alliance the better.” “So, that was all a lie
“I have a 350 pound sow named Millicent and with her I’m sure looking to take the judges by storm this year.” I brushed off her playful banter, but inside I wanted to laugh a little even though I knew I had to keep on the pressure. “Back at my house you told June you had parents and a brother,” I said to her hoping to back her into a corner so she’ll spill the beans. She complies with my prying by saying, “Yeah, I guess I did tell her that, didn’t I? But that was for her benefit, the less she knows about me and the Alliance the better.” “So, that was all a lie