“Did I hear you say blue mouse?” Dakota says, sticking her head in the door.
“You’ve been eavesdropping!” Sprig cries.
“Now, now,” Dakota says, glancing over her shoulder at Krystee. “Would I do that?”
“Just tell us who blue mouse is,” Krystee coaxes.
Sprig and Bliss look at each other and shrug. “Us to know, you to wonder,” Bliss says.
“If you don’t tell us, you can just leave this room,” Dakota says.
“I’m so sorry,” Sprig says, so sweetly she makes her teeth ache, “but it’s your turn to sleep in the study. On the floor,” she adds.
“Don’t you want to switch with us?” Dakota says. “You had so much fun last time.”
“Now you can have the fun,” Sprig says.
“Brats,” Dakota says. “Let’s go, Krystee.”
“Shut the door behind you,” Sprig calls.
“Nice going,” Bliss says.
“Thank you,” Sprig says. “Now where were we? Oh, yes, we were talking about blue mouse….”
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