"Can't you reflect a bit? After all, I was forced to accept your arrangements just like Michelle..." At the stairway on the second floor, Bessie turned back and glared at Tommy, "You're rotten to the core, Tommy!"
Tommy raised his beer in a toast to her and said with a smile, "Thanks for the compliment."
"So... so the things Bessie said just now were false, I mean the part where she said you don't love Odelia, being selfish and all that?" Colin asked, somewhat bewildered and uncertain in tone.
Tommy nodded as if it were obvious: "Of course they were false, she just wanted to scam me into becoming emotionally upset, fall into introspection and guilt, and ultimately grant her a free vacation."
"I damn near called a serious family meeting to discuss the issues between you siblings, and now you're telling me it was all fake?" Colin's mouth hung open as he spoke to Tommy.
