After a moment, though, she settled on, “My friend Stephanie’s mom has a kid who’s three or four. Still annoying and used to just be unbearable.”
“Huh….” Okay, that was apparently enough to satisfy the boy, who shrugged and questioned, “But Stephanie doesn’t mind being a big sister, does she?”
“Not as much as she should, I guess,” replied Karen with a shrug. “Why’s this subject so interesting to you?”
“I don’t know, just something that came to mind.” The boy rose from his seat then, explaining, “I’m going to go grab something to drink. You want something?”
“Sure, I guess,” came the reply. With a shrug, Karen explained, “No real preference, anything’s good.”
“Gotcha. Be right back!”