Chapter 11
"Mom, what time is dad coming back from the hospital?"
"He'll be here by seven Alice, he isn't in an actual shift, and he's just lending an extra pair of hands. You know that workaholic man."
"Yeah, I think he's trying to convince himself that he's not too old for it yet." Alice winked at her mother and they giggled at the joke. "So where is my twinsie?"
"Oh, your brother just went out with Tanya. Said they were going to take a walk and come back in a while."
"Ugh." Complained Alice.
"I know honey, but it's not our business." Esme knew her meddling daughter all too well.
"I know. I know. I guess she's alright, fun and caring and all that. But mooom!"
"Shush! I don't want to hear it. Why don't you forget about it for a few hours and go play dress-up with the girls? You can even invite Kate along, since no one has given the poor girl a proper welcome. I think she's finally socializing now, but she had been listening to her ipod all alone upstairs Alice; I think you're being rude."
"Fine." She said behind gritted teeth. There was something strange about that relationship and she was going to find out, but for now, playing human Barbie would keep her mind occupied.
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