"Do I have to edge, too?" she whines.
Steve has coerced Cyan into mowing the lawn.
She
was the one who insisted on getting rid of the old riding mower. "Gawd! Noisy!" she constantly complained, so he bought an electric lawnmower. A
riding
electric lawnmower. Not totally quiet, but quiet
er
.
"No, you don't have to
edge
," he smirks. "We just need to get this done before I have to go after it with a machete."
"Okay, but if I have to mow, then I get to wear what I want. It's hot."
"Geezus, Cy," Steve sighs. "I can read your mind, you know. You're going to tease old man Flannigan again, right?"
She grins back in confirmation. The next door neighbor is known for hiding behind the curtains of his second floor window with binoculars to "enjoy the scenery" when Cyan sunbathes nude in their backyard. They noticed this after adding the privacy fence two years ago, that it didn't block the view from that one window.
"It's not like
you