I don't have a costume for the Halloween Dance. I don't realize this fact until Hailee starts talking about the Dance during lunch at school, and Lena tells us that she's going to be superwoman with Cruz, who is supposed to be superman. It's been years since I bought a costume. Ruth asks me every year to get one, but I refuse. This time, even if I want one, it's too late to ask. The dance is in a couple hours, at seven.
I have no choice but to go to the Dance, or else I wouldn't go. I need to be there with Alistair as the Events group, conducting the awards ceremony at the end and handing out the prizes. I wonder if I'll be the only one there without a costume, which in fact, is a total bummer.
I'm silently reading a book on the dining table when knocks erupt from the
