“That sounds like them …” Chikage laughed weakly. “And what is this about … ‘Scarf Scandal’? What do scarves have to do with it?”
She perked and wondered about the nice one wrapped around Kaito’s neck.
“I guess he felt bad about pestering ‘his classmate’ and put the scarf around them as sort of a joke, but was so embarrassed after the outburst that he left it behind and is too sheepish to ask for it back."
This came with peels of laughter as Marion reached for her tea again. "Baaya kept after him about it, ‘where is your burberry?’ but he persisted that he lent it to someone, and then bought himself a new one while he was here for Christmas."