“Well, we might have to take two cars. And you guys wouldn’t be able to come into some of the shops with us.”
“Why is that?” Sampson asked, leaning back in his chair. “Did you forget to buy us a gift?”
“Of course not! But you both have big mouths.”
Sampson snorted while Abe smiled.
Alejandro was glad they found this amusing. He did not. He didn’t want Cat going anywhere, he wanted her right here where he could keep an eye on her.
“I don’t think it’s a good idea,” Alejandro told her.
“But why? Immy and Maeve want to have a look at the town. They might want to do some shopping. What else are we going to do?”
“You could watch a Christmas movie,” Jenner suggested.
“Play in your playroom,” Alejandro told her.
“Bake cookies,” Gray said. “Maeve has been looking forward to Immy’s snickerdoodles and her mac and cheese.”
“Yum, mac and cheese,” Cat said. “No, wait. We’ll do all that tomorrow. It’s all right, I guess. We’ll find something else to do. Not sure what . . . maybe I’ll set up a sledding track. Ooh, that could be fun. Can we go sledding?”
Alejandro sighed. He could feel a headache forming. There was something going on, but he just couldn’t work out what. He glanced over at Gray and raised his eyebrows.
“I don’t want them going into town,” Gray stated. “Too much could go wrong. A storm could hit. They could be kidnapped. The wannabe-Deity could be out there, watching and waiting.”
Alejandro agreed. “Whatever you want, make a list and send the Scot down to get it.”
“The Scot? He can’t get it. Urgh.” Cat turned and strode out of the dining room.
“What is going on?” Sampson demanded.
“I don’t know,” Alejandro replied. “Rafael, stick close to them today. They’re up to something.”
Rafael nodded with a resigned look.
At this point, Alejandro was pretty sure he’d rather be back working undercover as a spy than watching Cat.
It would certainly be a more relaxing job.
11
IMMY, JENNER, AND TOBIAS
23rd December
“What are we going to do?” Immy asked worriedly.
Two hours had passed since Cat stormed back into her bedroom after announcing that they weren’t allowed to go into town.
They’d tried to come up with another plan, but everything had involved Cat sneaking away, which no one thought was a good idea.
Except Cat.
After eating, they’d headed out to Cat and Alejandro’s barn. Although she wasn’t sure you could call it a barn it was so big and flash
“We’re going sledding,” Cat said as she pulled out a large red sled.
“Um, yeah, I can see that. I meant about . . . you know . . .” Immy whispered.
