"You moved in to help me out," Charmaine pointed out, but Kate frowned at her. "Yeah, but that doesn't mean you can assume I'll just be around the babysit whenever."

"Well are you gonna go to college in the fall?"

Kate wrinkled her nose. "No."

"Well, then you'll be available, right?" Charmaine deduced.

"Ugh, don't you think I'm gonna have a life of my own?" Kate asked, shaking her head. "Why don't you make Neil your go-to babysitter? I mean, it's his baby for Christ's sake."

That seemed to shut Charmaine up, at least mostly. She went back to eating, and muttered, "No. I'm doing this by myself."