Arsenic and Young Zelda Part 6
"Zelda?" Hilda said as her sister came into the house. Something definitely did seem different about her sister. If Hilda didn't know better, she would think that Zelda was getting younger.
"Oh, Hilda, I won't be home for dinner tonight," Zelda said with a smile as she started for the stairs. "Willard's taking me to the Wildfire. I just hope I can find something to wear!"
'The Wildfire? That's Westbridge's most romantic restaurant,' Hilda thought, 'dark and intimate.' Willard had never taken Hilda there when they had been dating.
"Zelda, I need to talk to you about your visit to school today." Hilda said as she followed her sister upstairs. "Sabrina was very....."
"Oh, I hope I didn't embarrass her. I just have so much energy today and Willard looked so handsome! I'll apologize later," Zelda said as she disappeared into her room and shut the door.
"Willard Kraft, handsome?" Hilda said with a grimace as she headed for the kitchen. "I have got to make an appointment for Zelda to have her eyes checked. I think she's going blind!"
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"Aunt Hilda, did you talk to Aunt Zelda?" Sabrina said as she came into the kitchen. She had somehow survived the rest of the day at school but she didn't know how she was going to face the next day.
"Define talking," Hilda grumbled as she clutched the phone. She had been on hold for half an hour and she was definitely not a happy witch. Just then the secretary picked up the line. "Yes. So you can see my sister tomorrow? Great! Thanks!"
"You're sending Aunt Zelda to a doctor?" Sabrina asked as Hilda hung up the phone and started to thumb through the Other Realm directory.
"She said Willard Kraft looked handsome. I think she's going blind not to mention insane," Hilda grumbled as she dialed a number. "Hello? I would like to arrange a psychiatric consultation for my sister."
Just then Zelda came downstairs. She was wearing a beaded red dress with a lowcut neckline, thin spaghetti straps and a hem that reached mid-thigh. Her hair was fastened into a graceful upsweep and her face and a beautiful glow. Her sheer hose shimmered and shined in the light and her red heels clung to her feet in a manner that only added to the appeal of her legs. "Well, I'm off to dinner," she said with a smile.
"Fine. Just don't operate any heavy machinery and for goodness sakes, don't drive!" Hilda called as her sister exited with a definite sway in her walk. She quickly turned back to the phone. "Yes, this is an emergency! Can you see her tomorrow afternoon?"