Adrienne.*

Not long after I'd had breakfast of a single pancake and a glass of milk, Meg and Alexis danced into Lucas's room.

"We're going shopping!", Alexis announced.

I sat up from the bed where I was laying face up counting the stars Lucas had stuck up there for me.

"We are?", I asked.

Meg plopped down beside me. "Ignore her. She'll come off it", she advised.

Alexis ignored both of us, only fished around in her purse for something and seconds later, came up triumphant.

"Aha!" In her ...