Daisy immediately regretted laughing at him, and she almost said I never went on vacations, either. Except they could afford vacations; they only stayed home because it was safer. So she closed her mouth, scuffing her foot on the dusty elevator floor instead.
But she perked up again at the mention of Shirley Jackson, grinning happily. "I just adore We Have Always Lived in the Castle -- my diary's name is inspired by Merricat." She blushed then, embarrassed that she announced she has a diary and that she's named it; and she tried to think of something to distract him from noticing. Happily, the elevator helped, squealing to a stop at the twelfth floor.