Chapter 4: Can't do WHAT?
Cleo woke up, and went down stairs to see her father sitting at the kitchen table. She walked over to him and said "Good morning Daddy."
"Cleo, can we talk. I was talking to Kim last night and she told me something that I couldn't believe," her dad said as Cleo sat at the table.
Kim sat on the stairs watching her sister and dad talk and she couldn't wait for the news to get past.
"She told me that your latest high jinks, scams, and lies had something to do with your friend Emma," her dad told her.
"Dad, you know Emma. She is the sweetest most organized girl anyone could ever meet," Cleo told her dad.
"Kim told me that Emma was doing some things that are a bit…different. So from now on I forbid you from seeing or talking to that girl," Her dad said really stern like he really meant it.
Kim smiled as her father said this. Their plain was working. Her dad took the bait and dished the punishment.
"DAD! That is soooo unfair. What did I or Emma ever do?" Cleo asked.
"This is not up for desiccation, Cleo. And that's that," Her father said walking out of the kitchen.
Later at the Juice Net café
"So he took the bait well I presume," Ruthie said.
"Everything is going according to plain. Next we get your mother to captor Emma and the other two will fall," Kim said.
"What about Emma's safety?" Eliot asked.
"What about it?" Kim asked.
"My mom doses not believe in hurting anyone or anything. Emma will be fine," Ruthie in shored Eliot.
"That's good," Eliot said.
Outside the Juice Net
"Rikki can I talk to you?" Cleo asked.
"Ya, what is this about?" Rikki asked.
"It's about Emma. My dad says I'm…" She trailed off about to cry.
"You're what?"
"I'm…"Cleo was practically crying now.
"Cleo what's wrong?" Rikki asked a little annoyed now.
"Can you just tell Em something?" Cleo asked.
"Why can't you tell her yourself she's right inside?" Rikki asked.
"I'm not allowed to speak or see her till my dad comes to his scenes," Cleo blurted out.
"WHAT!" Rikki yelled.
"What's going on?" Lewis asked coming up behind Rikki.
"Cleo is not allowed to see or talk to Emma," Rikki told him.
"You're kidding," He said.
"What are you kidding about?" Zane asked coming up to them.
"Cleo is not allowed to have any communication with Emma," Lewis told Zane.
"That can't be right," Zane said.
"What can't be right?" Ash asked coming up with a tray of empty glasses.
"Cleo can't see Emma," Zane told Ash.
"That's a bummer," Ash said.
"What's a bummer?" Emma asked coming up behind everyone.
Everyone starred at Emma for a secant before Cleo ran off.
"Cleo wait…" Lewis called as he ran after her.
"What was that about?" Emma asked.
Rikki stood silent for another secant before casing after Cleo and Lewis.
"Ya, I think you should hear this from Rikki. It's about… girl things," Ash said leaving to get back to work.
"Zane is there something I should know about?" Emma asked.
"Ya but you really need to hear it from Rikki," Zane repeated.
"Did Rikki do something?" Emma asked.
"Ask Rikki," Zane said leaving.
Emma watched and wondered as Zane walked off in the same direction as Rikki, Lewis and Cleo.
