Veronica July 2000 "You're a little overdressed for just dinner," Kate commented as I got into her car. I never considered how it would look to Kate, me wearing a party dress and trying to fool her that we're just going out for dinner, smart move, Veronica. "It's your birthday, I wanted to be fancy" Kate had come from Alex's parents place, where she had dropped Jackson off to be with his sister under the guise that they were being babysat so that She, Alex and I could go out for dinner, the plan was to make her think she had to go home to change clothes first but really, there was no dinner. It had been a real effort, trying to keep the surprise from Kate, there were many times when I almost slipped up and told her, but luckily she never caught on. "Well, as long as we're not eating at

