Revenge is Sweet
maintaining a neutral tone.
Mandy mused, "Funny," as she cast another of her perplexed stares at Estel. Rather too abruptly for naturalness' sake, she shifted the subject after saying, "I could have sworn-" (I was going to finish the sentence). "I have a date with Rick tonight, and he's going to be disappointed when he finds out we can't have the Porsche."
Estel, in turn, was confused by the topic shift, but she agreed to it. "Why can't you?" she questioned. "Surely Michael wouldn't mind."