"I'd have killed something that terrifying, if it were in my room with no warning either," said Aspen with some heat, the kind of heat that had nothing to do with defending Marco. She touched a fold at the back of his sweatshirt. It was good to have Solid Oak Tree House Dad Oliver; things couldn't go too haywire then, right? And Juno, who seemed to know Marco best and to know when he needed it. And Aspen.... well, Aspen was there to provide third-line defense.
"I know it's your pet and all, Pam, and I love animals--we had them back home, tons of them, practically a farm--but if some massive spider or snake showed up in my toilet, I'd have killed it. And that note certainly seems like somebody stick Hathaway in Marco's room to mess with him. You said you got a note too? Pam?"