“What do you mean there you guys are?” Jacquelyn said to him perhaps a little too quickly, “We’ve been right here.”
Joey put his hands on his hips and said, “I thought you guys went outside without me.”
“This early? Why would you think that?” I asked not really meaning for it to come out sounding so rude.
Joey shrugged his shoulders, “It’s not early. It is almost eight o’clock.”
“Eight o’clock!” Jacquelyn and I said at the same time.
We’d been talking so long that we had completely lost track of time.
“Did you guys go swimming?” Joey sounded as though he was feeling left out.
“It’s not swimming, it’s surf training.” I said to him.
“But why? You ain’t going surfing no more.” Joey said and I am sure he didn’t mean for his words to be so hurtful. But they were. Actually, they cut me more than any sword ever could.