Two others had appeared from the either side of the alley, bringing the total to five. April thought one of them looked a touch familiar then realized he’d been near the stall where she bought the purse. That sort of explained it; she hadn’t been as covert as she should have been about all the extra cash she was carrying around, cash she’d brought for incidentals on what was supposed to be her nice, relaxing vacation. Likely they hung out looking for people with more money than safety sense and struck when the targets were vulnerable. April would have never been so careless in normal circumstances. All this… this stupid nonsense had gotten her addled. How was a girl supposed to keep real dangers in mind when she was struggling with the possibility of discovering her entire view of the universe was askew?Falcon, for her part, didn’t bother blaming herself or their muddled circumstances. She blamed the people who were currently robbing them. If she were a few years younger, she might show them exactly what Valerie Quinn did to people who wronged her.
