MAXINE

"You must be Maxine. Hi, I'm Ariel, Nick's sister." She said still smiling. She held out her hand but there was something about her smile that made me uneasy.

Nick didn't have a sister. He looked a bit flustered when I ignored his supposed sister and looked at him instead.

"Nick? You never mentioned having a sister." I said. That only meant that he lied to me. I wondered what else he lied to me about.

She glanced at him briefly. "Don't mind him. I'm his cousin. Grandma and ...