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Glory looked over at me and asked innocently, “What difference does that make?”
“Wow,” Liberty exclaimed.
I agreed, “You are something else, sis.”
“Look,” Glory snapped. “If you hate the idea of me coming, then just say so!”
“They can just shut up right now,” Belle finally spoke up. “You are very welcome to come with us.” She turned to scowl at Liberty. “Shame on you. She’s your little sister, for Pete’s sake.”
Liberty’s jaw dropped as he looked surprised. Raising both hands up, he defended, “I never said no.”
“Good,” Belle said. “Cause she’s coming with us.”
Briget stuck her hand out to Glory in introduction. “I’m Briget. Welcome to the Walker Brothers Circus.” She made a point to raise a brow at me then she glanced at Liberty.
Belle laughed and nodded at Glory. “Briget’s my BFF and you can see why. I call her BB.”
Glory was grinning now. “I can see my brothers finally met their matches.”
“I’m not matched to anyone,” Briget said. “Liberty and Belle are matched though.”
Glory shrugged. “I just meant that you two seem to be like take no shit kind of girls. And I like that!”
I rolled my eyes and looked over at my brother. “This ought to be fun.”
He scoffed. “Travelling with three mouthy women? I hardly think so.”
“Watch it, honey bear,” Belle warned him. “These mouthy women are perhaps smarter than you are.”
“Perhaps?” Glory exclaimed. “Oh no, it is a fact. When I get done telling you about the prank war? You will KNOW that these two aren't clever at all.”
My head shot up as I now stared at my sister. “You were paid off.”
Glory smirked at me. “Who says?”
“We do!” Liberty interjected.
Belle looked back and forth at me and Liberty. “Uh-Oh, is there something we should know about here?”
“NO!” Liberty and I both shouted.
All the three women stared at us.
Briget laughed and said, “Wow! You hit a nerve there, Belle.”
“Oh, my stars,” Ma commented as she walked by while carrying some plates. “Looks like the men are in some trouble here.” Laughing, she went over to the cabinet area.
We paid Glory a couple hundred dollars some years back. It had been pure extortion at the time. On Glory’s part, of course. The events we wanted hidden were to never see the light of day. She was to never speak of those events. To neverevertell anyone what happened during thePrank War.
Liberty crossed his arms over his chest and said, “See? You're already causing trouble.”
“No, she’s not,” Belle said as she looked over at Glory. “And I, for one, am dying to hear about the prank wars.”
“Me too,” Briget agreed with a firm but rapid nod of her head.
I shook my head in response and explained, “Well, that’s too bad, because she took an oath of silence about this entire subject.”
“Oh, I don’t know,” Glory replied with a small, devilish smile. “I think the statutes of limitations are up on that deal, brother of mine.”
