SKEPTICAL LITTLE BROTHER IS SKEPTICAL. He reached out and rescued the crumpled paper with a deft practice that could only come from years of being a brat and stealing his brother's letters home so he could find things to tease him about and make him turn funny colors.
He read it, holding it up above his head (and out of Ed's reach) then gave Ed a stern look. "You'll do nothing of the sort. She pays the rent regularly and you'll have two of you pissed at you in return."