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The Devil's Nest, Monday Evening
Monday, January 15th, 2018 08:54 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
arboreal_priestess"Wait, you are?" Verity couldn't stop beaming at her phone. "Sarah that's great news! I can't believe you're enrolling in--wait." The joy in her voice suddenly turned to suspicion. "You're not showing up in Baltimore to keep an eye on me because my parents asked, are you?"
Tiny was wiping down the counter, trying to eavesdrop. He could just make out the cadence of another woman's voice over the line.
"So Grandma and Grandpa asked, then?"
The voice sounded vaguely guilty.
"No, no, it's fine," Verity sighed. "I should have known immediately it would have taken something huge to get you out of Manhattan. What does Artie think?"
The voice started to babble indignantly and Verity laughed.
"Teach you to try to pull a fast one on me. Okay, I'm at work, I've gotta go and make my co-worker start scrubbing the bathrooms for trying to eavesdrop on my call. Love you, Sarah." Verity's phone was back in her pocket and she glared at Tiny, finger pointing towards the restrooms. "March!"
Tiny was wiping down the counter, trying to eavesdrop. He could just make out the cadence of another woman's voice over the line.
"So Grandma and Grandpa asked, then?"
The voice sounded vaguely guilty.
"No, no, it's fine," Verity sighed. "I should have known immediately it would have taken something huge to get you out of Manhattan. What does Artie think?"
The voice started to babble indignantly and Verity laughed.
"Teach you to try to pull a fast one on me. Okay, I'm at work, I've gotta go and make my co-worker start scrubbing the bathrooms for trying to eavesdrop on my call. Love you, Sarah." Verity's phone was back in her pocket and she glared at Tiny, finger pointing towards the restrooms. "March!"