“I'm not, I promise. Just go in the house and I'll be right back sweetie.” This time Allison listens, she knows him, how stubborn he is. And until he hits Alex, he won't stop. So she goes up the stairs of the porch and heads inside.
She knows there is something very special about him.
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She has a sense of humor about herself and her own cheery disposition, and she in fact knows Oscar is just a huckster of trickery but tells him point blank she has to make use of what she has to work with.