Chapter Nineteen
Kara
We designated Sunday as the day to infiltrate the alien base, partly because Lance wanted more time to go over the plan, but also because I put my foot down and told everyone in no uncertain terms that I refused to be stuck at the store while something so important was going down. I knew I could have closed the shop on Saturday if necessary, but it would have looked suspicious after so many closures in such a short amount of time. The thought of Agent Martin Jones hanging around, asking more questions, did not appeal. Never mind that Kiki thought he was cute. Cute or not, he didn’t need to be poking his nose into our business any more than he already had.
By that time, everyone knew about my situation, and luckily, no one had really commented on it…maybe because La
