"I am fine," she said, though she could still feel her knuckles thtobbing away. "I took me anger out on the wall at me ma's house is all. I know it was rash and dumb." She didn't even blink at his use of her familiar name

Ruth looked exhausted too, her face blotchy from a day of shedding tears. She looked so exhausted from the events of the day that it was almost palpable. In fact, she stumbled over her own foot a little but seemed to catch herself.