She didn't want the Wyatts to know what she'd been through in Bervenia for the past two years. She didn't want them to know she was almost married off by the Fletcher family, that she almost couldn't attend school, and that she was now living with a man ten years her senior.
It wasn't as if she and Silas Thornton were living alone together—there was nothing improper about it—but Mr. Wyatt, Mrs. Wyatt, and Hugh would surely worry, and she didn't want that.
Hugh saw Holly signing rapidly and realized she didn't want the man in front of them to understand their conversation. So, he didn't speak aloud either. His lips drawn into a tight line, he signed, 'How did you meet? A classmate? Impossible. He looks so much older than you!'
Hugh's signing grew even faster, his expression clearly frantic. 'Sis! Don't tell me you've been tricked by some sketchy old man!'
