“I completely agree, the mudroom is hopeless,” she was saying. “And my professional advice is, get rid of that wall. Yup. Just rent a bulldozer and knock the whole thing down.” She noticed me. “Dinner in ten minutes,” she mouthed. I nodded, which made the earrings jiggle. So I immediately stopped nodding. The kitchen phone rang. “Just a minute, Caroline,” Mom said into her cell. “Evie, can you answer it, please? Bring it into the living room, take down any messages, and then immediately go wash up for dinner.” Yes, Your Majesty, I thought. I moved an earring out of the way, and picked up the receiver. “Hello?” “Evie? Where’ve you been?” Nisha was asking. She sounded worried. “Why didn’t you answer your cell? I’ve been calling you all afternoon.” “Sorry,” I said. “My cell was in my backpack. And I was at Francesca’s but I kind of got distracted.” “With what?” “Oh, you know. Talking about the project.” “Really?
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