Ivy's face went pale and then blotchy. Her mouth opened and closed, and her round eyes bugged out of her head—she looked like a dying fish.

"There's no need to be so nasty," Madison said loudly. "This is my party, after all, I just want you guys to have fun here."

"Then call off your dogs," she said.

Madison and the girls glared at her, and she stared back, smiling calmly at them.

"You know what's weird," Susan said loudly. "My family had to leave London almost overnight. I thought it was ...