Chapter 47

By the time Kate finished her rant, all the women, including Lisa, were laughing. “Everyone, I want you to meet my friend, Amber O’Leary. This is my sister Lisa, my sister Kate, my mother Paula, my teacher Ms. Walker, and Lisa’s friends, Donna and Susan. Amber is our future governor’s daughter and, as it turns out, a friend of Steve’s, but not that kind of friend!”

“Why are there tears on your face?” asked Lisa. “I thought that Amber had pulled some kind of stunt in there that upset you. I’m sorry for what I said, Amber, but I still don’t understand what’s going on.”

“You missed it, but it’ll probably be on YouTube now that I think about it,” replied Gwen with a smile. “I was ready to tear into Amber almost as bad as you were, Lisa. Then she told me she had a boyfriend that would soon be her fiancé. That relaxed me real fast. I was all teary-eyed just now because the team awarded me the game ball! I’m still all emotional about it. They gave the game ball for the state ch