Meanwhile…

Jean and Kitty reached the street where the Orange Julius was only to find it blocked off by police cars. Jean pulled over and rolled down her window. She could see the smoke billowing up in the distance and hear the commotion of firefighters and sirens further down the street. She beckoned at a police officer.

"What's going on officer?" she asked as he approached.

"There has been an explosion at the Orange Julius ma'am. We would appreciate if you could stay in your vehicle and keep away from the scene for your safety." The police officer said kindly. Jean sighed. There went her chances of scouting out the Orange Julius that Scott had been spending so much time around. She went through so much trouble to put the idea in Kitty's head to want Orange Julius so Jean would not be suspected of being nosey and not attracts Scott's attention to her real intent to check the place out. Now her whole plan was ruined.

"Wow! It's a good thing we weren't, like, in there already!" Kitty said in astonishment. She was so naïve sometimes. Did she not hear Scott and Jean arguing all morning about Orange Julius? Only a moron couldn't put the pieces to this puzzle together. Now that Jean thought more about it, she wasn't as sly as she thought about hiding her intentions to go to Orange Julius. Could it be that Scott had caught on to her plan and played a part in its destruction? She had to get closer to the site of the explosion to find out more.

"Thank you, officer!" Jean smiled as she rolled up her window and sped around the block. She parked the car on an alley street.

"What's going on Jean? What are you doing?" Kitty asked confused.

"I need to find out more about why Scott has been going to that Orange Julius so often. Something's not right, especially with his attitude. I think he may be involved in the explosion." Jean said as she unbuckled her seatbelt and got out of the car. Kitty was quick to follow.

"Ok so it makes all makes sense now. I had, like, a feeling that was why we were coming here." Kitty winked. So she wasn't as dumb as Jean had suspected. That was a huge relief for Jean, who was seriously considering suggesting some type of retardation test for new students.

"Okay just follow my lead." Jean said. She hugged the wall and peeked around the corner. The fire in the building was completely out. Firefighters and Police officers were cleaning up the rubble in the street to reopen it. Across the street, Jean spotted three bodies covered by a white sheet. She cringed. "That could've been us." She thought. Once the coast was clear she motioned for Kitty to follow as she round the corner of the building. They were quickly making their way up the sidewalk when a police officer spotted them.

"Excuse me, this area is restricted. You aren't supposed to be in here it's dangerous. Did you not see the blockade on the corner?"

Jean thought quickly of how to respond, "Oh my goodness! What happened? We didn't see any sort of blockade. Did you see a blockade, Katherine?"

"Oh wow! No I didn't see a darn thing! Why would there be a blockade?" Kitty played along.

"There was a large explosion at the Orange Julius. I'm going to have to ask you to leave, the street will be reopened in a few hours." The officer stated matter-of-factly.

"Oh my! We were just on our way there to get a smoothie! It's a good thing that Paolo took a couple extra minutes with your hair at the salon, Katherine! Thank you for your help officer!" Jean said in her best impression of an average, oblivious housewife.

"My pleasure, ma'am. You ladies are very lucky you weren't in there when it went up. Have a nice day." Said the police officer as he turned away to walk back.

"What are we gonna do now, Jean?" Kitty whispered in her ear as they walked back to the car. Jean was unsure herself. It was already 5 p.m. and they would be expected back soon. They turned down the alley where the car was parked.

"I'm not sure but we need to get back to the mansion. They might get worried if we are gone too long." Jean said as they climbed into the SUV.

"Speaking of which," Kitty held up her phone. The screen read 5 missed calls. "I think they are already worried."

"Shit!" Jean thought. She had completely forgotten that this would be all over the news already. She checked her own phone which also had 5 missed calls. "What are we going to do?" she thought aloud as she pulled out of the alley.

"I have an idea!" yelled Kitty. "Drive to Target up the street. We have some shopping to do."

To be continued…