[Later, maybe, when her own nerves aren't jangling in the back of her head and screaming to be answered, she'll actually think, He's jumpy, instead of just sensing it like being stood next to an anxious animal and feeling it hum. Or maybe she'll have forgotten about it by then. Or maybe it won't matter by then. In the moment, half his flinching seems reasonable and the other half she doesn't think about.
Instead she thinks, Yeah. That is weird.]
Will?
[It's not for him. She's half turned, calling the name down toward where the dog originated.]
Penny, Judy. I'm up here!
[Not for long. Jupe can be in charge of petting the dog, she's headed down the—
She stops abruptly halfway down the stairs, attention snagged by one of the family photos neatly cascading down the stairwell wall. A freckle faced red-headed girl slightly too close to the camera, smiling with not enough of her teeth. It's from before Penny had her braces. She's hiding a gap tooth.
Other pictures surround it on the wall. They send the small hairs at the back of Maureen's neck standing.]
no subject
Instead she thinks, Yeah. That is weird.]
Will?
[It's not for him. She's half turned, calling the name down toward where the dog originated.]
Penny, Judy. I'm up here!
[Not for long. Jupe can be in charge of petting the dog, she's headed down the—
She stops abruptly halfway down the stairs, attention snagged by one of the family photos neatly cascading down the stairwell wall. A freckle faced red-headed girl slightly too close to the camera, smiling with not enough of her teeth. It's from before Penny had her braces. She's hiding a gap tooth.
Other pictures surround it on the wall. They send the small hairs at the back of Maureen's neck standing.]