The more Cecilia Adler thought about it, the angrier she became—not at the old man, but at herself for being so easily duped.
The old man had made a few casual remarks, and she had immediately linked them to the old woman's dream.
And if that wasn't bad enough, she'd even shown him a photo of Ian Quincy.
'When she first met them, hadn't she also thought they were two different people?'
Ugh!
'I'm out a dollar.'
When she arrived at the Shaw residence and saw Ian Quincy, she was still muttering, "I ran into a scammer and got conned out of a dollar." She conveniently left out the part about showing the old man his photo to ask about a child's fortune.
She gave him an edited version of events, telling him how she got tricked. "Can you believe it? The man actually said my forehead was shrouded in dark clouds. Isn't that infuriating?"
