[ This was not the greeting she'd expected, if she'd expected to be approached at all. Her head turned to regard the young man as he approached, brow ticking upwards as though she hadn't quite heard him correctly. Surely she hadn't. ]
I beg your pardon?
[ If Tucker was hoping for easy, he'd picked the wrong woman. ]
no subject
I beg your pardon?
[ If Tucker was hoping for easy, he'd picked the wrong woman. ]