Party Perils
“C’mon, Holly, I could really use your help this weekend,” insisted Dina to her friend Holly as they sat in a restaurant having lunch. “There’s no way I could handle my niece Emily’s party by myself.” “What happened to her parents?” asked Holly skeptically. The last thing she wanted to spend her weekend was chaperoning a bunch of bratty children. “Aren’t they the ones throwing this party?” “They can’t,” said Dina. “That’s why they asked me. Emily’s Dad’s a detective and got called in at the last minute to be part of some security detail that weekend, and Emily’s Mom’s a veterinarian who also got called to pull a double shift at the hospital the same day.” ...