She raced through – was he injured?
"Darling?"
"It's not fair," he yelled. "Eric won't be my friend any more. Nor Emma, Russell, Jan, Jane, or that new girl Tammy." He stamped his foot.
"What did you do to them?" she asked.
Silence.
She repeated, "What did YOU do?"
He tried to look away. "I called Eric a ✷✷✷✷✷✷✷✷✷✷†." She waited. "I called them all that, actually."
"That wasn't nice, was it? I wouldn't want to be your friend either."
"Harrrummph."
"Go and sit on the naughty step. And I'm taking your iPad away. You spend far too long on Facebook."
†Password protected – it's a family show.