The Sykes sisters were at odds. While that in itself wasn't the least bit unusual, the way they were giving each other the silent treatment was. Both born with the ability to talk the ears off a brass jackrabbit, Maxcine and Isabel were as jumpy as one, too. They could leap from subject to subject without hesitation, without direction, without having a reason to do so. In this instance however, they were stalled out on one topic. The reason the elderly women were enjoying this disagreement stemmed from something their brother had said four days ago. Maxcine’s declaration that the mythical Fountain of Youth was really a Waterfall of Youth had Chuck guessing that his siblings were going on an asinine quest to reverse their biological clocks. He had not been told if he was right or wrong, so he had assumed he was correct.

Isabel wanted to tell him he'd reached the wrong conclusion.

Maxcine wanted him to be sure they'd be off on another adventure, so he wouldn't dump the litter of feral kittens into their laps that he'd recently found beside a trash dumpster. Cat Crusader Chuck had already pawned the momma off on someone else.

Vol. VII - Swindle Me Sweetly

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