Come on, let's get out of here, and letAbby get home before her fourth grade curfew. We can scare some littleshits out of their stashes too."Ethan and...Eric looked at each other, and it seemed they were consideringit. I had barely spent any time with Ethan since we started, and I knew Iwould have to return home soon because Chloe was getting cranky. I wantedat least another twenty minutes.I blurted out, "We've got three whole boxes of candy and lots of chipbags at home. My sister went to a. I pointed out Max to Angel so she could get the band’s equipment set up. I showed the girls the buffet as I went back for ice cream.I smiled when I saw Ms. Dixon come in. She was here to support her dad. She came over and took my ice cream from me.“Hey,” I complained.“Don’t be a baby. Remember that you might need me to like you at some point,” she teased.It was nice to see her in normal mode as opposed to scary-lawyer mode. I went and made another sundae for myself.“Why are you here so early?”. "My mother's a councilor," explained Mary. "She's on the planningcommittee." So where are your dads?" asked Dorie Lou."They are working on a big engineering contract out in the Persian gulf,"replied Sandra.Sandra and Mary's fathers jointly owned a small construction company andthey had recently won a contract in Kuwait. It meant they were both awaya lot as their foreign construction contract demanded.The four girls decided to go on inspection and chatted to the disc jockeyEdward who was setting. Leah squealed her delight when she realized that Connie and Lana were in the process of throwing their lots together. "Can I invite my dad to come join us?" Both Lana and Connie shyly agreed. Leah proceeded to send an invitation through the AI, who responded that Ken would join them very shortly."What about yourself, Leah?" asked Ruth. "Have you found yourself a sponsor that you've strung along until you fixed up your dad?" No," Leah blushed, "I haven't made any progress for myself. I've been.