Briar was on the phone with Marie as she drove back to the apartment. “He went through their bag and made them think he didn’t find anything.”
Marie was snickering. “The little witch thought she got away scot-free until she opened her lunch bag in the car. Joe asked her if she was hungry when she dug through the lunch bag. He said she was so frantic he had a tough time not laughing.”
“I made a big deal of pretending to smell cigarettes on Liev. They both looked on the verge of vomiting.”
“Well, Shamia is grounded for a month with no internet access other than for homework. Joe wants to take her to the nursing home next time he visits his father to make her sit in a room with all the emphysema patients. She’s at the right age we can still scare her with shit.”
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