CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
Piper didn't even notice the tone in my voice. She just gaily replied, "At that new herb shop I was telling you about. Her family owns it, and she was working there."
"And how did you find out about this new herb shop?" Paige asked, jumping on my thought wagon.
"Oh, I read about it somewhere or another, I don't remember. But don't worry, she's really one of us, even if she isn't a Charmed One or a Halliwell. You'll see tonight."
"Tonight??!!" I cried. "What do you mean by tonight?"
"I invited her over for dinner," Piper replied matter-of-factly..
"You, what!" cried Paige. "You throw a fit when I had my best friend Glen over, and now you are just inviting any total stranger here!" she whined. "No fair!"
"That is a wonderful idea!" exclaimed Piper, getting even bubblier, if such a thing was possible. "Invite Glen over too!"
"What, you are missing the point!" cried Paige, exasperated. "We can't have total strangers in the Manor," and again she tried to get her point across.
"I told you, we do know her!" Piper insisted. "She's just like Prue! You'll see! Now I have to go and make a special dinner to welcome our cousin! How does lasagna sound tonight?"
"Fattening," I moaned.
"Delicious," Paige moaned in delight, rubbing her tummy. I grimaced at her and she smirked sheepishly back at me, laughing, "Well, orbing does burn of lots of extra calories."
"Sure, rub it in," I muttered under my breath as I watched Piper skip along to the kitchen. I turned to look back at Paige. "This isn't good."
She nodded. "No, this isn't good at all. It could be a demon disguising herself to look like Prue!"
I nodded. "Just what I was thinking. But how do we find out, and how do we convince Piper?"
And giving a heavy sigh, knowing we had no choice in the matter, we both yelled out, "Chris!"