A Tangled Web
"Torino is missing a pair of boots!" Rafael repeated his cousin.
"Did I stutter, Rafael?" Gemma asked, she was getting impatient with her 16-year-old cousin.
"What size boots does Torino wear, do you know?" Lisa asked Gemma.
"Torino wears a size eleven in men's boots, why are you asking?" Gemma answered Lisa.
"Just as I suspected!" Lisa exclaimed.
"What is it, Lisa?" Rafael asked.
"I will tell you and the others back at Pine Hollow's lounge, Rafa Darling." Lisa said.
"Hold it, Lisa!" Gemma called.
"What is it, Gemma?" Lisa inquired.
"Rafael can't go back to Pine Hollow tonight." Gemma said to Lisa.
Rafael face palmed, "I have to perform with Gem and the other acrobats tonight! Can you fill me in tomorrow at JB's?" he asked Lisa.
"That's fine, I know family is important because I feel the same way." Lisa said to Rafael.
"Go back to Pine Hollow," Rafael said to Lisa. "I will see you tomorrow afternoon for lunch at JB's."
Later on inside Pine Hollow's lounge, Stevie and the others saw Lisa blow in like a hurricane.
"What's up, Lisa?" Stevie asked.
"My suspicion was confirmed at the Moondance camp today, Stevie!" Lisa answered.
"What is it, Lisa?" Carole asked.
"My theory is, the night when Snowy Pine was horsenapped," Lisa said to the others in the lounge. "someone broke into the Moondance camp and stole Torino's acrobat boots in order to frame the entire Moondance clan!"
Simon looked up, "Do you think it could be the Sundance clan's doing?" he asked Lisa.
"I don't know, Simon," Lisa answered. "this case is like a nut's shell, it is hard to crack."