“You doubted me!” With feigned hurt.
He picked up his iced tea glass, and as he raised it to his lips, he said, “Now that, you really can’t blame me for!” He chugged half the glass and set it down. “But at least now I think you’ll do just fine! You’ve finally grown up! Took you long enough!”
Mindful of Kailey’s watchfulness as she sat at Geoffrey’s right, Thomi refrained from punishing him in her usual sisterly fashion. Having cleaned her plate for the first time in weeks, she collected her trash and stepped over the bench on which she’d been sitting. “Well, how long’s it going to take you!” she countered obnoxiously, not hanging around for his retort.
Her way to the trash barrel was impeded by some youngsters eager to make her acquaintance. They’d come often for pony rides, they said,
