Jim Thorne didn't get it at first. Fifteen cents? He was more concerned about the White Rabbit candy.
"When did you eat White Rabbit candy?"
Jim Thorne was suspicious. The only family in the entire village with White Rabbit candy was Accountant Golding's, and that brat Maeve Golding had never gotten along with Holly. Why would she give Holly any candy?
"Maeve Golding gave me some. It wasn't even good."
Holly Tang blurted out a lie. Her brother wouldn't go and confront Maeve Golding anyway. Maeve was Accountant Golding's granddaughter. She wasn't a bad kid at heart; she just hadn't gotten along with Holly's previous self and had picked on her constantly.
Besides, Maeve Golding and Jacqueline Spann were cousins of a sort—Jacqueline's maternal grandfather and Accountant Golding were cousins.
Jim Thorne didn't doubt her. After a moment's thought, he said, "Then let's buy some other candy, and you can make that brat jealous right back, Holly."
