“Ree, brunette and sixteen, with milk skin and abrupt green eyes, stood bare-armed in a fluttering yellowed dress, face to the wind, her cheeks reddening as if smacked and smacked again.”
“And this must be Avery?""Oh, God, no," Cam said. "This is Candy, Mom."His mother's eyes widened and a bit of color infused her cheeks. "Uh, I'm...""I'm Avery," I said, shooting Cam a look. "You had it right."She spun around, smacking Cam across the arm. Hard, too. "Cameron! Oh my God. I thought..." She smacked him again and he laughed. "You're terrible.”
“He’d used the amulet to read my thoughts again. I pictured smacking him in the face.”
“Did you just smack me in the face with a fish?”“I did.”“Why did you just smack me in the face with a fish, Danny?”
“yaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwnnnnnnnnn smack smack smack”
“smack smack honey smacks its the snack that will smack you back”