Jessica pouted and did not say anything else. She turned around, went back to her room, and slammed the door hard.

“Darling, darling.”

Hank called her twice.

Mrs. Brown said to her son, “Leave her alone. She just doesn’t want you going on an outing with Liberty. It’s not like you’re going out with Liberty alone. We’re all coming along, but she still chooses to be jealous.

“Did she forget that she snatched you from Liberty?”

Mrs. Brown disliked Jessica a lot.

She used to think that her s