Walking out of the store room with two boxes filled with different colors of decorations, they met Dionne leaning against the wall beside the door.

She stared at them, crossing her arms as she said, "Took you guys long enough. What were you two doing in there?"

"We were looking for the decorations mom. It was buried in a pile of stuff," she lied, hoping her mom would believe her blatant lie. The decorations boxes were kept ...