"I didn't!" Jared Woods yelled, but his voice lacked conviction.
"I've been watching you for a while now. You've been sneaking strawberries!" Carina Sanders said angrily.
"Grandpa Warren said we could eat whatever we want, so I wasn't sneaking them! Didn't you just eat a strawberry, too?" Jared Woods retorted defensively.
"But you haven't finished your task, and you've been eating this whole time! I only had one!" Carina Sanders was clearly fuming at Jared Woods, her voice trembling slightly.
Naomi Kenway patted Carina's back, then said breezily to Jared Woods, "If you don't finish your task, you won't get any dinner."
The next second, Jared Woods sat up with a pained expression. "I'll pick them, I'll pick them…"
After about two hours, the task of picking produce was successfully completed. Before they left, Uncle Warren gave Naomi Kenway a generous amount of vegetables.
