The chubby kid wasn't giving up that easily. "You can buy Transformers anywhere. You can't buy a basket like that. Please, Lily, just ask your grandpa for me."
Julian, overhearing, had no idea the "grandpa" in question was Grandpa Wade from Catalina he assumed the boy meant his own grandfather.
He puffed his chest out, smug. "Grandpa doesn't even like her. Grandma says I'm the only one in this family worth anything. Lily's just a girl girls are basically a bad investment. No point begging her for anything"
He didn't get to finish the sentence.
Lily shoved him flat onto his back in one clean motion before he saw it coming.
Months of fencing lessons had done wonders for her reflexes. Julian never stood a chance. She stood over him, arms crossed, voice cold. "Wrong. Girls aren't a bad in
