“Haven’t I gotten in trouble enough?” she said.
“No, you haven’t had any consequences at all. If you think I’m going to let you get away with a simple reprimand for your behavior that afternoon, and for lying to me, you’ve got another thing coming. I’m taking you to the woodshed this time,” he declared.
Holly jerked back as if someone had punched her.
“You will not!” she shot back. She made a quick turn and started for the stairs, getting halfway up; though Trevor was on her in an instant, hauling her back down. “I won’t let you whup me. I won’t!” she declared. “I didn’t do anything wrong!”
“You lied to me, Holly Pritchart.”
“You think I’d tell you the truth about Jimmy?” she retorted, amazed that he’d even had such a thought.
“That would have been a place to start. As it was you wer
