Audrey nodded warily. She had never cared for conspiratorial female conversation of this sort. Its assumption of shared preoccupations was usually unfounded in her experience, its intimacies almost always the trapdoor to some subterranean hostility.
Audrey responded cautiously, showing her discomfort with the type of female gossip that involved conspiracy theories. She was wary of the implied closeness and trust such conversations suggested, which she often found to be unfounded or superficial.
She also believed that these intimate exchanges often masked underlying hostility rather than genuine camaraderie. Her skepticism made her wary of the supposed solidarity among women in these conversations, suspecting hidden motives or resentment beneath the surface.
