Episode 427: Irrisistable

"Isn’t it getting well, well past the Grinch’s bedtime?" Justine’s gorgeous masked Batman asked, crouching to talk to the little darling.

Tansy cupped her hands around her mouth. "I’m not really the Grinch," she whispered. "I’m Grandpa. He’s just lots like the Grinch. And it’s not past Grandpa’s bedtime, is it?"

As Justine and her Batman shared an uproarious laugh at the child’s cunning, and perceptiveness, Mr. Grinch and the Mrs., dressed in a spoilsport suit and gown, joined them.

"It’s so nice to see you smiling, Justine," her mother, Katherine, observed.

"What’s nice is to see you with the kind of man who attends charity galas like this," her father, Phillip said. "Not some dead-end grease under his nails guy. Do I know your name son? What do you-"

"Please do not talk that way about Quentin in front of Tansy," Justine snapped at her dad.

As he offered a perfunctory apology, her eyes quickly brushed Batman on the way to her daughter’s very grumpy face, determined to cheer her, and get her out of the ballroom. "How about Batman and I take you upstairs and read you a story, would you like that?"

Tansy’s face lit up again as Justine knew it would the moment the girl jumped into Batman’s arms. He had the best arms.

Episode 428: Relax