When Crystal told Nancy her idea, her eyes widened, and she shook her head. “No,” she said, “I cannot involve Noah in this matter. I do not want to involve anyone else in this unless we must.”

“Fine.” Crystal sighed and said, “We will only use Noah as a last resort. Anyway, we also have Nathan, and if I can get word to Vic, we might find that we have more options than we realized; if he will help, that is.”

“It shouldn’t be a problem.” Nancy giggled, and her cheeks turned ...