With an expression that amply demonstrated that she did not yet believe, let alone comprehend, the ridiculous scene, Heather replied absently, in a tone less emotional than the voice that gives the correct time on the telephone, “Oh, we, ah, got bored.” The spell was suddenly broken and as shock transformed into recognition, a grin slid across Mandy’s face and onto Heather’s like sunshine in the wake of a fleeing cloud shadow. As Mandy’s gaze locked onto Kim’s eyes, which were wild with fear, Heather scanned around the room and asked, “And just what have you been doing?”
Mandy briefly tried to hold back the laughter that was obvious in her eyes, then began to giggle behind the hand she had slapped over her widening smile. Finally grasping the essence of Kim’s predicament, she answered for him. “It looks like Baby has been taking a nap,” she giggled.