Marie collapsed onto the couch, her legs giving way beneath her. “I was worried, Danny. I’m so glad you’re okay,” she managed to say, her voice shaking with relief. She reached out to touch his arm, as if to reassure herself that he was really there. “Of course I’d be okay, what do you mean?” Danny said, bewildered by his grandmother’s reaction.
He could see the tears in her eyes, her face pale, and his confusion only grew. “What? They said you were arrested,” Marie repeated, her voice trembling as the realization that she had been conned started to set in.