"What are you talking about? Of course like her. Why would I have to--"

I stopped, suddenly keenly aware of another connotation for the word "like". A connotation that Coraline used quite often. "You mean 'like-like' her, don't you?"

I looked at Luke for a response, all the while wondering how this had come to me through him. Must have heard something. How? Through Coraline. Why?

I lowered my head in my hands. "Oh, crap!"