“Heavens, no. Knock wood.” He rapped the arm of his chair twice. “I have the constitution of—”
As Selena entered the room, Ginnie stood up quickly and went to meet her halfway. Selena had changed from her shorts to a dress, a fact that ordinarily would have annoyed Ginnie.
“I’m sorry to’ve kept you waiting,” Selena said insincerely, “but I had to wait for Mother to wake up…. Hello, Eric.”
“Hello, hello!”
“I don’t want the money anyway,” Ginnie said, keeping her voice down so that she was heard only by Selena.
“What?”
“I’ve been thinking. I mean you bring the tennis balls and all, all the time. I forgot about that.”
“But you said that because I didn’t have to pay for them—”
“Walk me to the door,” Ginnie said, leading the way, without saying goodbye to Eric.
“But I thought you said you were going to the movies tonight and you needed the money and all!” Selena said in the foyer.