“Think again!” Maeve crowed. “We just got an interview offer on our job applications.”
I perked up. “What company?”
“It doesn’t have a name,” Maeve said, skimming the page.
“Address?”
“They said they would get in touch.”
“It’s probably a scam,” I warned.
“But we’re desperate, right?” she said.
“Right.” I put another spoonful of batter in my mouth then cursed.
“Eggshells?”
“No! All my interview clothes are at my ex-boss’s house. Now I’m going to have to go back,” I raved, waving the cake pan around, “and beg Beck for my own things that I bought with my own money. Well, mostly my own money but also partially his money.”
The pan lurched in my hand.
“Shoot!” I exclaimed, reaching to steady it. “Ha, universe, you thought you had me!” I said, resting the pan on my knee. “Not today, Satan.”
It was at that moment, when the batter oozed over the skirt of my dress, down my leg, and onto the couch cushions, that I remembered that this was one of those special cake pans with a removable bottom for easy cake removal.
I tipped my head back and accepted my fate as the batter puddled around my bare thighs.
“Scratch what I said earlier. Apparently, this is now the low point.”
Maeve ran to get a dustpan. “At least now you know it literally cannot get any worse.” She chewed her lip.
“Except…”
My heart sank.
“I need something to wear to pick up my clothes and see Beck tomorrow! And now my only clean outfit is covered in batter!”
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Beck
Iwas miserable.
Had Tess been telling the truth?
I supposed it wouldn’t be that difficult to prove. We’d just have to threaten the tabloid with a lawsuit, have them hand over the emails, then run a scan to see where they originated from.
But what if she had written the article?
My sisters were still upset and kept bugging me about my conversation with Tess.
“Yes,” Enola said, “but what did she say?”
“She claimed that she didn’t write the article. But that was her handwriting on the note.”
“Maybe someone stole it,” Annie said.
“Even so, she didn’t say very nice things about us on the note,” I reminded them gently.
