Flashback ( PDFDrive )

Ro ignored both of them.
“Stay here,” she told Keefe, “and don’t even think about leaving
until I return.”
“Where are you going?” Elwin called as she headed for the exit.
“To throttle my father.”
The door slammed hard enough to shake the walls, and Sophie,
Keefe, and Elwin all shared a look.
“Yeah . . . we definitely need to get the story on Bo and Ro,” Keefe
decided.
Sophie nodded. “Do you think they dated?”
“Ohhhhhhhh, now I do! And I’ve been trying to get dirt like that on
Ro since she got here!” He cracked his knuckles. “Okay, this is going
to call for some epic-level snooping—and if that doesn’t work, I guess
I know what my next bet will be!”
“No more betting,” Elwin warned. “At least not on my watch. And
today’s lesson better be chaos-free or I’m nixing these little sessions.”
“Aw, we can’t have that. Foster would miss me too much. Who
knew the way to her heart was my mad teaching skills?”
“Or I’m just bored,” Sophie countered.
“Nah, you’re realizing I’m the total package. Beauty and brains—”
“And super modest,” she noted.
“Exactly! And, because my amazingness knows no bounds, I even
come bearing presents!” He pulled a box of Prattles from his cape
pocket with a dramatic flourish. “Today you’re getting my brilliant
lesson and candy!”
He tore open the box and fished out the tiny satchel, dumping the
collectible pin into his hand.