Callie glanced up at the dining room clock. It was three o’clock, and she had not seen Mark or any of her family since lunch. Callie knew that Maya and Maddie were in the library, or at least they had been. She had heard Maya giggling from outside the dining room. That made Callie smile because it most likely meant that her family had recruited Maya to help with something. The only problem was what they might have planned.
Callie was sitting at the table closest to the hostess area, folding napkins for the party. She had been told they had plenty ready for the party, but she needed something to keep busy as everyone else was finishing up the ballroom. With the buffets being set up, and only a few people choosing to eat to save room for the food at the party, Callie’s job had been easier a
