She comforted Sophia and then spoke to Hiram, "Stop teasing now, bro. She's already had a rough night."
"Foreign mutt?" Hiram seemed amused, and his expression softened a bit, "Interesting name."
The next second, Hiram asked Sophia, "So, is there a local dog in your family too? Is it yellow or black or multicolored?"
Lola Hussey: "..."
Sophia looked at Lola, then lowered her head, looked up at Lola again, and finally said, "It's not yellow, not black, nor multicolored. It's her."
Hiram looked at Sophia's finger pointing to his sister, then at his sister.
Lola Hussey: "What are you looking at me for? I'm not a local dog."
Hiram's sharp gaze turned back to Sophia.
That fierce look clearly meant: Dare to call my sister a local dog?
Sophia was frightened by that gaze and shook her head vigorously, "She's not a local dog, I'm a local dog, I am."
The Bailey family is just so overbearing.
"What about the foreign mutt?" Hiram continued to ask incessantly.