I love the narrative correcting itself. This feels like a detail you could work into a finished literary piece and then have readers debating for years whether this meant she started to cry and quickly stopped herself or if this is an unreliable narrator denying that a solid crying jag happened.

Oh I love that kind of stufff! Or, for a Doylist explanation: the author realized Molly was out of character and corrected themself ;)

And I'm SO glad you enjoyed the reference to Charlie's dildo collection!