Ivee burst into laughter, partly at how Sophie looked like she about wanted to hide under her chair and melt into a puddle of red goo- wooing! that was one word for it -and partly because the shift to such a subject so well-suited for a gabfest with girl friends was such a welcome relief to where that conversation had taken her head.
"Well, aside from the already-married couples, the only people who aren't attached are the children, and Manny and Prima. And our dads, of course, but for different reasons. Manny has such a thing for Prima, but he's a big chicken about approaching her. He stutters when he's not putting on the paranoid town watcher act, and it embarrasses him. He knows he can't pull that routine and get anywhere with a girl, so he has a tendency to try to hide behind others when ti comes to her."