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Tig Ripley, Hard Rock
“Doing what?”
“Well, helping with the laundry and stuff. Mom’s
been gone so much with her sick friend that it’s just
been Dad and me. I’ve been
busy
.”
“Get unbusy,” Tig said. “By practice Thursday, you
need to show some serious improvement.”
“Whatever,” Kyra said.
“I
know
you did not just ‘whatever’ me!” Tig said.
“You think just because we’re cousins, I’m going to
keep covering for you, but I’m not. I
will
make the
tough decisions if you force me to.”
“Okay, okay,” Kyra said. “I believe you.”
But Tig knew Kyra didn’t really take her seriously
at all.
