“Listen. When I was your age, I fought with my mother too. We were always at each other’s throat. I swore I’d never be like her. I vowed that *I* would never become a sorceress. But over time, I saw the error of my ways, and I started to listen to you.”
“Really?”
“You think that you are the first generation to rebel against their mothers?”
“But why didn’t you tell me before?” said Irene.
“You weren’t ready to listen. I’m glad you learned your lesson on your own, and that nobody got hurt.”
“Except the guys….”
“They deserved what you did to them. You even gave them an out. If *I* had been cursing them as revenge for what they tried to do to you…they’d both be barefoot and pregnant by now.”
They laughed. Maybe Doug and Randy would wind up that way in the end….