Pretend to Recognize Him
"At school, you silly pumpkin!" he cooes. Your skin crawls
as his voice sounds soothing and slimy at the same time. "Father
said you were in the garden again. You really shold know better."
"Yeah well... curiosity got the better of me, I suppose."
you say.
Why don't you go and take our sister back to bed, and get some more
rest yourself." the man says. "I'll tell the cook to bring
you something to eat while you're feeling
better."
"Oh... right, uh... b-brother. Where have you been?"
