The warm spring breeze was carrying a sweet floral scent in through Claire's open windows. She took a deep breath, enjoying the smell of her freshly bloomed rose bushes, as she arranged some pretty red and yellow tulips in a vase on the kitchen counter.
A sharp knock at the front door interrupted her. Claire frowned, not expecting anyone on this quiet Saturday morning. Maybe it was those Girl Scout kids going door-to-door selling cookies again. She smoothed out her dress and walked across the living room.
"Coming!" Claire called out. But when she opened the door, it wasn't at all who she was expecting.
Instead, a snooty-looking woman with her nose in the air stood on the doorstep. Claire felt her heart skip a beat when she recognized that stern, annoyed face.
"Elaine," she exhaled, try
