Mom seems mad when I get back home, which is weird since they’re just setting the table. That means I’m not late for dinner.
Weirder, my cousins are helping set the table and they didn’t say anything bad to me about going on the boat when I came inside. Their mom is in the kitchen banging plates and pots around while she’s cooking. Rita and Stephen are gone.
I’m telling Mom about the manta rays and the zombie brain coral I found. I did not tell her about the shark attack I imagined, I’m still a little embarrassed about that. All this I say loud enough so that my cousins will know how much fun I had. Clank, bang goes the plates and silverware they’re placing on the table. Bang, clank, go the pots and dishes in the kitchen. No one says a word, not even snotty Heather.
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