…but suddenly I heard 'bangs' coming from the bin. I got scared and went back out through the window as fast as I could. I was so flustered that I barely remembered to take the bottle of alcohol with me. I didn't notice when my ribbon fell off…and I definitely didn't notice when my happy-face pin fell off." Baab unconsciously put her hand to her ear, where her ribbon would have been.
Baab's pause allowed Joey to mentally trace the trail of the exploding firecrackers. Joey deduced that for whatever reason, some of Rusty's firecrackers had gotten into the waste bin of the men's washroom at Chuckles Unlimited and had inadvertently met their fate as part of a disgruntled ex-employee's vengeful plot.