Alice Turner heard it clearly; Lily Turner just said she went to hang out at Easton Holmes's place. She knew Lily was joking, but she could tell there was more to it.
"What's going on? Tell me, stop brushing me off." She was eager to know what happened and urged her on.
"I made up with Mom, no! It's more like we've reconciled." Lily felt that "reconciled" was more appropriate. Her relationship with her mom had never been good, so saying they "made up" wasn't quite accurate.
"What?! What did you just say?"
Alice had heard it, and she heard it clearly. That was why she was so incredulous, so full of disbelief.
Upon hearing this, Lily mimicked Alice's tone from earlier, parroting, "Darling! Can we not get so startled? You're scaring me."
Her mimicry was spot-on, and she managed to amuse the person on the other end.
