Chapter 7

Gwen could not believe how things had gotten out of hand. Her mother’s sister, Diane, along with her 16 year old daughter Stephanie, had insisted on ‘stopping in’ at six o’clock. Then Dorothy Fields, her husband Bob, and her daughter Dawn just happen to stop by on their way to the benefit, which wasn’t scheduled to begin until seven.

On top of that, her mother and father decided that they were going to attend the dance. They hadn’t gone to a function like that in forever, and now they had to go? Of course Lisa and Kate were planning on spying on her every move that evening as well. Gwen decided that she just couldn’t be any more embarrassed, but she was wrong.

At six thirty, the doorbell rang and the living room suddenly became silent. Gwen had been listening to the chatter from her upstairs bedroom as Lisa put the final touches on her coif.

The sudden silence, she realized, was very unnerving. How would Steve feel about such an obvious attempt by so many people