Based on the information in the passage,"she signaled us to the table. almost tiptoeing across the office, I maneuvered myself to keep my mother between me and gringo lady"; I can interfere that the speaker feels hesitant. The verb maneuver may be a clair sign that the speaker feels that way due to the fact that when someone is hesitating, he is tentative, dubious, undiceded, unsure and speaks and acts slowly.
After killing her husband, she put on an act. She started crying and sulking when the police were at the house examining the body. Her actions made the investigators assume that she did not do it.
