Assistance From Carson
Stanley & Zarinda ended their hug and went back to eating their pancakes.
The others were already finished with their own fruit filled pancakes, so Nancy was true to her word and brought Alan's blueberry filled pancakes with two extra heaping dollops of cinnamon whipped cream on them on a silver tray.
Alan heard someone knocking on his bedroom door, "Come in!" he called.
Nancy then set Alan's breakfast on a nearby table, opened his door, and carried his blueberry filled pancakes with cinnamon whipped cream into his bedroom after picking it up from the table.
"Here's your breakfast, Alan." Nancy said, setting the tray in front of her sick older brother.
"Blueberry filled pancakes with two extra heaping dollops of cinnamon whipped cream & a tall glass of orange juice," Alan exclaimed in amazement. "thanks, Nancy!"
"You're welcome, Alan," Nancy said. "I figured you could use all the strength you could get!"
"You're right, Nancy," Alan said in agreement. "I can use all the strength I can get!"
"Well, eat & drink up," Nancy encouraged Alan. "after all, the rest of us want you to be strong and well in time for Zarinda & Illusio's wedding."
"Thank you, Nancy." Alan said.
"Any time, Alan." Nancy said.
Nancy then left Alan to enjoy his breakfast in bed.
When she made it to the living room, Nancy found Flip, Mimi, and Scooter eavesdropping on a telephone conversation between Zarinda and another man in the kitchen.
"What're you guys doing?" Nancy asked Flip, Mimi, and Scooter curiously.
"Shh," Mimi said to Nancy. "we are trying to listen."
"Listen for what?" Nancy asked, as usual, she was confused.
"My mother and father won't be able to make it," Flip, Nancy, Mimi, and Scooter all heard Zarinda saying on her end of the line. "so will you be able to help me out, it's for the good of the magic troupe."
"In that case, I would be glad to help by walking you down the aisle." Carson said on his own end of the line.
"¡Sí! Gracias, Carson!" Zarinda exclaimed in Spanish, hanging up the telephone.
The four youngest Chan children could hardly believe what they were hearing.
"Wham, bam," Flip, Nancy, Mimi, and Scooter all shouted in unison. "are we in a jam!"
"I just can't believe that Zarinda is cheating on Illusio... and with Carson of all men!" Flip observed.
"Come on, everybody," Nancy said. "we must tell either Pop, Rosa, or one of the older kids what we know right away!"
Flip, Nancy, Mimi, and Scooter all raced off to tell somebody older about what they knew.
Meanwhile, Zarinda found Charlie & Rosa in their bedroom with a cardboard box getting rid of old clothes they didn't use anymore so they could donate them to charity.
"Mr. & Mrs. Chan, thank you for breakfast," Zarinda said kindly. "but Ali, Baba, and I are needed at the theater with Illusio, Carson, and Fifi for rehearsal for our next performance."
"You may go now, Zarinda." Charlie said.
"Thank you." Zarinda said to Charlie.
A few hours after Zarinda left for the theater for rehearsal, Flip, Nancy, Mimi, and Scooter entered Henry's bedroom where Charlie & Rosa were busy packing up the old sneakers that Henry didn't need any longer.
"Mom, Pop," Mimi shouted, she could barely breathe and her sides ached from running through the entire house. "we have something urgent to tell you!"
Charlie looked at Mimi, "What could be so urgent?" he asked curiously.
"We overheard the dame's phone conversation," Flip said to Charlie frantically. "and Nancy, Mimi, Scooter, and I all have the reason to believe that Zarinda is actually cheating on Illusio with Carson!"