"You really made a mess this time, sis."

“You found out pretty quickly. We even made a pinky promise to keep it a secret between the three of us. I guess bribing them with food wasn’t enough, huh?”

“Sorry, but they’re closer to me. Actually, no, I shouldn’t be apologizing. I was the one who got the short end of the stick.”

As soon as I entered the empty room on the third floor, Diana greeted me as if she’d been waiting for me. She had already changed out of her elaborate party dress into more comfortable clothes.

“When did …