" I have something for you," he said as he opened the bag on his bike andpulled out a clear plastic corsage box."Hi, Chase!" Mom called. "Come on over... Bring my daughter with you." Sorry about the paparazzi," I whispered to Chase. We held hands andwalked over to where my parents and Cindy were. "Chase, you've alreadymet my parents. This is my sister Cindy." Hi Cindy," Chase said. "Nice to meet you." Hi Chase," Cindy said. "I've heard so much about you. You're all Cindyand Ron can talk about.. Footsteps on the roof signaled that her brother had arrived and that now was the time to act upon their plan. The faithful hound stood guard over the toddler Edweena while the rest set about their duties. Byth remained bowed in the scribes’ anteroom, while the queen was summoned to hear this red-head’s claim that she alone knew the location of Aubert of Greenleaf. Looking down her nose at the kneeling woman the false queen stepped close to Byth to take in her beauty. It was known to many that. She called me at about 1 am and said they had fun, just watched a striper and a club and were going to meet the guys at the pond for a bon fire party. I told her to have fun.I didn’t hear from my girl until late Friday evening when she said that Wendy was nursing a pretty big hangover and she was going to go grab dinner with the guys. I asked her how the party was and she said it was fun. She hadn’t been to a party in the woods in a while so she let loose and all was good until she had to drag. "Relax Melissa," Judy said, regaining her breath. "You've only saidmuch the same thing most of us have said over the years. It's part oflife in the retail clothing business. You see something of everythingand not all of it is fun to look at. Now, are we ready for lunch?" Chapter 12: Uncle CharlieThe first week turned into a blur for the girls as they moved fromdepartment to department in The Regency clothing store. Both weretired, but excited by how much they had learned in the.