"Ne'Os," she smiled slightly, unable and unwilling to stir up a fight. "I hid the robes like you asked me to. They are not here. Are you really sure you want them back? They were so toxic for you before. That's why we hid them, if you recall." She realized that she neither looked or sounded her best, and she could see it on his face.
"I guess I've looked better, haven't I?" she said, motioning him to sit if he wanted, "It seems my loving husband and his sister have turned out to be enough of a criminal that they both are on their way to a life sentence in Azkaban, and it seems like Rob was--even before I married him. He lied to me about everything that he said he was. Well, it seems it took a toll on me bigger than I could ever have expected. It caused the premature labor and birth of my daughter very recently, and that in itself nearly killed me. It took all the energy I had. That's the short version of it.
"Now I'm hunted everywhere I go. I'm hunted by the wizarding press wanting a big juicy gossip scoop. I'm chased by people who believe I don't deserve to have this job or the Chief Warlock job because of Rob and because of what they believe I knew about him--believing I am just another corrupt wizarding official, and I'm chased by Rob's enemies who want the money Rob left behind. That's why I'm here today. One of Rob's old enemies claimed Rob owed him money, and broke into the place I'm staying and decided to force me to give me the cash--which I do not have. Anyway, he used an imperius curse and forced me to take a potion that took nearly all the life energies I had left, and what little I do have are scrambled so badly because of this potion, I don't think I could accio a pen off my desk. So, if you want to kill me, now's the time to do it, because I cannot fight you back.
"If you truly want those robes back, you'll have to give me time to either recover enough to go get them or to send for them. They are not anywhere near here, and believe me, in my position, it serves no purpose for me to lie to you."
OOC: Does that give you a nutshell update?