"Ouch. Who the hell is that?"

"Your grandmother," Mrs. Onwurah said calmly as she placed her cane, which she just wielded like a weapon, against Natalie's lap beside her."Girl, I see you were not taught to be respectful to others or even to acknowledge your elders. Are we the ones you are calling? It is thunder that will remove your teeth for you; what insolence!"

"Oh my God, Bernard, she just hit me! This old woman just whacked me on my lap, and it will leave bruises. Even my mother had never raised her hands to me. Bernard, you have to let this old woman know that she couldn't just...