Chapter 29
“So,� Baby said, looking at Johnny, “You didn’t fight Robbie,� She looked down to examine his ripped shirt. There were no open wounds on his skin, in fact there was no blood at all.
“No,� Johnny smiled, looking up at Baby, “but you don’t know how much I wanted to.�
“He was drunk, Daddy, he could hardly stand.� Frannie looked at her mother. “Camille Peterson Manning did all this to him.�
“Camille?� Baby asked, looking at Johnny. “Is this the same woman who..�
“Yes,� Johnny and Frannie answered together. They looked at each other and laughed.
“Well,� Baby said, “we all know that Frannie has read the diary, but now we have proof of that.�
Frannie looked at both her parents with a smile.
“Mommy,� she said, changing the subject, “Daddy says that the two of you have been practicing and that the two of you are going to do the lift. Is this true?�
Baby looked at Johnny with a smile on her face. He looked back at her with a grin.
“Well?� Frannie asked, looking from her mother to her father and back again.
Baby looked up at her daughter. “I wasn’t finished with what I was saying, Frannie,� she said.
“I want to know what happened to Camille and Robbie and why I hadn’t heard all the commotion.�
She looked back at Johnny to examine him further. “You’re fine,� she said, “no blood or broken skin. Apparently, she just damaged your shirt, which is not what she originally had in mind.�