I appreciate the validation, so much. There's so many things I keep turning over in my mind about the situation. Wondering if I should have dressed better for going to the store (I was wearing my old gardening clothes) - but I feel like this is not grade school, I shouldn't have to be dressing a particular way to avoid being bullied!

Eor says I should just cough and maybe pretend I'm answering the phone and say things that I could say with the conviction of truth, "The body aches are terrible!" (I've been working hard around the property.) "They don't want me at work" (because I'm only working th/fr right now) "and I shouldn't go out" (because nobody should go out) "but I needed to get food."

You're right, clearly she doesn't care about killing people. I seriously wondered if she wanted to kill me.