ready to duke it out for a couple of guys who pinched my cheeks and called me baby brother.
I took a deep breath and tried to relax. Tried to dive down to calmer water. This wasn’t my fight.
Besides, Matt and Mike seemed cool with it. “Oh, no,” they said. “College is a total possibility.”
Yeah, we got accepted a couple of places, but we’re going to give the music thing a shot first.”
“Oh, the music thing,” my father says. Matt and Mike look at each other, then shrug and get back to eating.
But Lynetta glares at him and says, “Your sarcasm is not appreciated, Dad.”
“Lyn, Lyn,” says Matt-or-Mike. “It’s cool. Everyone’s like that about it. It’s a show-me-don’t-tell-me thing.”
“That’s a great idea,” Lynetta says, jumping out of her seat and dashing down the hall.
Mom freezes, not sure what to do about Lynetta, but then Mrs. Baker says, “Dinner is absolutely delicious, Patsy.”
“Thanks, Trina. It’s… it’s nice to have all of you over.”
There’s about three seconds of quiet and then Lynetta comes in and jabs at the CD player buttons until the drawer slides back in.
“Lyn, no! Not a good idea,” says Matt-or-Mike. “Yeah, Lyn. It’s not exactly dinner music.”
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