VANESSA WAS CONFUSED. She felt as if she'd walked into a secret meeting she hadn't been invited to, and although the other two were trying to act like it was no big deal, they were doing an awful job and making her more suspicious. She glared at Cat, but she merely blinked and smiled innocently. Baby sisters could be such brats. Whatever.
She grabbed a mug out of the cupboard and made herself some instant coffee. "Okay, we really need to spring for something better than this. I should be able to afford an actual coffee maker by now."
"Or, you could just wait and put it on your Christmas wish-list?" Cat suggested. "It's getting closer."
Taking a sip of her barely passable coffee, Vanessa considered the idea. "Maybe. Although the way this is tasting today, I'm not sure I can wait that lon
