when the screens folded out , candace saw brandi simons her on the screen . '' hello ms. austin , is everything going well on your trip up to this point ? '' '' yes brandi , so far , so good . i believe i will make it a two-day trip , though . i 'm still somewhat tired from not sleeping well last night , '' said
candace

ethan had grilled him repeatedly as to whether or not riley was worth the trouble he 'd gone to , and though riley was so much more than a pretty face , thorsen was happy to see ethan was impressed -- even if she was n't her normally happy and smiling self . riley shook ethan 's hand . '' it 's a pleasure , though i wish it were under better circumstances . '' ethan shot thorsen a look before turning his attention back to
riley

'' did you have a nice time ? '' asked her other mother . '' it was interesting , '' said coraline . the three of them walked back up to coraline 's other house together . coraline 's other mother stroked coraline 's hair with her long white fingers . coraline shook her head . '' do n't do that , '' said
coraline