Chapter 16

Emma was putting the house in order. Her sister Isabel was coming over today and she was obsessed with keeping every part of the house clean. Emma was fairly neat, but Isabel’s kind of neatness was over the top.

Karen came into the living room. “Hey, girl… Guess what happened last night?” she said without greeting.

Emma stared at her. “You look super excited. And you know I will never be able to guess right so just spill.”

Karen replied by raising her left hand. On her finger there was a beautiful ring.

“Oh my God!” Emma cried. Abandoning her cleaning and rushing to Karen’s side. “Frank proposed?”

“He sure did,” Karen said excitedly.

“Oh and the ring is so beautiful… I’m so jealous…”

“I knew he was acting all weird about where we were going last night but I had no idea what he was planning…You know Frank can be r