Chapter Four; The Invisible Sister
"Hey munchkin whatcha doing?" I asked her as I quietly shut my bedroom door behind me and walked out into the kitchen.
"Oh, I was just drinking some apple juice." She answered quickly before shoving the container back in the fridge.
"What happened to Jane?" I asked her.
"She's on the computer." She told me.
"Oh I see and the boys are watching a movie and I just put Susie down for her nap. Well I guess that means that we have some free time on our hands. What do you want to do?" I asked her.
"Can we give makeovers and have a tea party?" she asked me eagerly.
"How about I make you over and then we can have a tea party." I suggested.
"Yay! With the curler and everything!?" she exclaimed.
"Sure, but please don't be mad at me if it isn't completely perfect." I told her.
"Alright, deal!" she cried before she ran back into the bathroom.
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A little bit later Jane walked out of her bedroom to find Cassie's hair all covered in curls and her nails being painted a bright red. "Hey! No fair!" she yelled.
"Hey don't get mad at Cassie, you're the one decided that you didn't want to play with her anymore." I told her.
"I'm sorry," she began. "can you do me next?" she asked me hopefully.
"Sure, just as soon as I'm finished painting her nails." I answered with a grin.
"Alright," she began. "boy I'm thirsty, I think I'll get something to drink while I'm waiting." She said as she walked into the kitchen and opened the fridge and Cassie gave a sudden loud gasp before she quickly turned her head as she watched as her sister removed the container of apple juice from the fridge and got out a glass to pour it in.
"Jane no!" she cried. "Don't drink that!" she exclaimed.
"Why not?" Jane asked her while she poured the substance inside her glass before bringing it to her lips to drink it.
"No! Don't!" Cassie yelled when I suddenly stopped painting her nails.
"Cassie what's wrong? What's the matter?" I asked her but before she could answer me it was too late. Jane started to gulp the substance down into her throat and as she did so she slowly disappeared.
"Oh my God." I said as my eyes widened with astonishment as I watched my daughter vanish.
"What's going on? What happened?" Jane asked as we watched the empty glass magically set itself back down on the counter.
"You're invisible." Cassie told her with a sudden gasp of disbelief.
"I'm what!?" she cried as she ran down the hallway and we suddenly felt a breeze of the invisible force running past us before it turned the corner and ran inside the bedroom.
Jane let out a horrified shriek as she caught sight of herself inside the mirror.
"Cassie, what did you do? Why is Jane invisible?" I questioned her as she took a deep breath and sighed.
"She's invisible because she drank my potion." She began. "I made one with the ingredients that I found inside the cupboard." She explained.
"Well sweetheart you should have told me." I told her.
"I know Daddy, I'm sorry." She apologized.
"So that means that you lied to me before when I asked you what you were doing in the kitchen." I realized.
"I know, I'm sorry." She told me again.
"Well, I accept your apology but I want you to go to your room for a little while and think about what you did." I told her.
"Yes Daddy." She said before she got up and walked down the hallway and into her room before Jane ran back out of the bathroom.
"What am I supposed to do about this!?" she yelled.
"Alright Jane just hold on. Donna told me to call her if there were any problems. I'm sure between the two of us we can find a way to make you visible again." I told her before I dug out my cellphone and started dialing her number.