"I see," she said, referring to Captain Blood and his collection in general. "I feel like a little kid again looking through all these. Dad used to let me climb into bed with him, and he would play all these old movies for me when I felt ill. It was... really nice." She grinned just thinking about it as her fingers lightly traced over the spines of the movies on his shelf. And then...
When I see your face, there's not a thing that I would change, cause you're amazing just the way you are. Penny's phone vibrated nonchalantly in her purse, and she answered it with a sliding of her thumb and a slight frown. "Hello?" She glanced over at Bast and gave him an apologetic smile.
"Hey mom... Yeah, I'm okay.... Yeah, I'm here........ No, not yet.... Mmhmm." She nodded as if her mother was in the room with them and could see her acknowledging her. "I did, yeah.... Yeah, got it all... Uhmmm, no I don't think so." She touched her forehead with the back of her hand to be sure though. "Yeah.... Okay... Yeah, sorry.... Love you too.... Bye."
She ended her call and placed her phone back in her purse. "Sorry," she said to Bast. "Mom worries."