“This is Wendy,” he said, beaming at the girl. “She’s three, and no one can understand a word she says except for Lily. Right, Wen?”
A string of gibberish came out of her mouth, and Scott laughed. “See what I mean?”
“Uncle Scott!” A wiry girl flew into the bedroom. “You’ve gotta come see this burn on my daddy’s leg. It’s so huge.”
so huge“A burn?” Scott sounded concerned, and Joy certainly was.
“Is he all right?” she asked.
The girl looked at her, seemed to realize Joy was there, and nodded. “Yeah, but my momma is chewing him out good.” She turned and left the room, gesturing for Scott and Joy to follow her.
So they did, using the hall that completed the circuit and spit them out adjacent to the hallway they’d come down from the front door. Out in the big family room, Lily’s husband
