Chapter 23: A Hint

Break the word up when you say it? Slick-neatly dodges those two embarrassing words. "Leave it to a college professor to put it like that," I thought when I heard Beatrice say it, and I suddenly got the urge. Truth is, for all her bossiness and holier-than-thou attitude, Beatrice wasn't half bad otherwise. A woman's looks were her trump card, after all. So whenever she buttered me up, I couldn't really hate her. Only problem was, she was Leslie's mom. That sobered me up. I cleared my throat....