"Pearl! Give it back or I'll kill you!"
From upstairs there was the sound of running feet followed by a heavy thump that made Petra wince; Someone had hit the floor and from the sound of the high laugh that belonged to Pearl, it had been Louise. From where she sat in the living room, flicking through a recent TIME magazine, Petra considered (rather briefly) whether she should get up and see whether a) Louise was hurt, b) what Pearl had taken, or c) if she could forestall whatever minor upstairs war was about to erupt.
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From upstairs there was the sound of running feet followed by a heavy thump that made Petra wince; Someone had hit the floor and from the sound of the high laugh that belonged to Pearl, it had been Louise. From where she sat in the living room, flicking through a recent TIME magazine, Petra considered (rather briefly) whether she should get up and see whether a) Louise was hurt, b) what Pearl had taken, or c) if she could forestall whatever minor upstairs war was about to erupt.
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