“It's okay!” I said. “Via...” “Mom, it's fine.” This time I meant it.
She looked so genuinely sorry I just wanted to let her off the hook.
She kissed and hugged me, then returned to the grapes. “So, is something going on with Miranda?” she asked.
“Just that she's acting like a complete jerk,” I said.
“Miranda's not a jerk!” Auggie quickly chimed in.
“She can be!” I yelled. “Believe me.”
“Okay then, I'll pick you up, no problem,” Mom said decisively, sweeping the half-grapes into a snack bag with the side of her knife.
“That was the plan all along anyway. I'll pick Auggie up from school in the car and then we'll pick you up.”
“We'll probably get there about a quarter to four.” “No!” I said firmly, before she'd even finished.
“Isabel, she can take the subway!” said Dad impatiently. “She's a big girl now. She's reading War and Peace, for crying out loud.”
“What does War and Peace have to with anything?” answered Mom, clearly annoyed.
It means you don't have to pick her up in the car like she's a little girl,he said sternly.
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