The True Story
"Are you all quite possitive that Zarinda is cheating on Illusio with Carson?" Rosa asked.
"Quite sure, Mom, we heard everything." Mimi said to Rosa.
"Maybe you need to double check your sources." someone recommended.
They all turned to see Suzie with an armload of clothing she didn't want anymore.
"But, Suzie, we heard what we heard!" Flip protested.
"That will be quite enough of that," Suzie scolded the youngsters. "now, we had better get the truth straight from Zarinda at the theater."
"All right." the four youngest children sighed in unison.
A little while later, Suzie, Flip, Nancy, Mimi, and Scooter stopped by Anne's bedroom where Anne & Tom were helping their father & stepmother by getting a few of Anne's old clothing items that she could no longer wear ready to give to those who were less fortunate.
"Tom, Anne?" Suzie called.
Anne & Tom turned around to face Suzie, "Yes?" they asked.
"The younger kids & I are off to see Zarinda at the theater so we can clear something up," Suzie said to Anne & Tom. "would you mind checking up on Alan while we're out?"
"Not a problem." Anne said.
"That's right," Tom added. "we'll be going into Alan's room anyway to see what he doesn't want or need anymore so that we can help Rosa & Pop with their charity work."
At the theater in town, Zarinda was rehearsing the Floating Lady magic trick, when they saw Suzie enter with her four youngest siblings by her side.
"Zarinda," Suzie asked. "could you please tell Flip, Nancy, Mimi, and Scooter that you are not cheating on Illusio with Carson?"
"What! Impossible," Zarinda exclaimed. "I would never cheat on Illusio!"
"But Chief, Nancy, Mimi, and I all heard you on the telephone." Scooter told Zarinda.
Carson came onstage from hanging the lights, "All I did was offer to walk Zarinda down the aisle on Groundhog Day since her parents can't make it from Madrid!" he exclaimed.
"Wham, bam," Flip, Nancy, Mimi, and Scooter all shouted in unison. "are we in a jam!"
"It's okay that you messed up," Carson said. "you didn't know that I was going to stand in for Zarinda's father at hers & Illusio's wedding."
"You're going to stand in for Mr. Álvarez? Cool!" Flip exclaimed.
"That's the plan all right." Carson said to the four youngest Chan children honestly.