If Holly weren’t so “perfect” (and by no means did she consider herself as such) maybe she could take on some of the brunt of what Skylar got. Maybe if Holly put on a little too, she could take some of the heat off of Skye? It wouldn’t be a lot, just enough for her to get mama off of her back—at least until the time that she graduated.
With the advent of Skylar’s impending graduation, maybe Holly could see to it that mama didn’t pick on her too much about her weight. It was a small price to pay for her sister. And besides, she knew that if the shoe were on the other foot, Skylar would have done the same for her in a heartbeat.
“How ‘bout it then?” Holly asked the beer she grabbed from the fridge in a low voice so that their mother couldn’t hear her from the couch, “Looks like I’m gon’ be havin’ a lot of these comin’ up…”
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