The Girls Take Over
“He'd expected the girls, Caroline in particular, to hang around and claim the glory. He'd sort of expected her to say she had worked her fingers to the bone. She might even have pretended to faint from exhaustion.Chief Decker, followed by Sergeant Bogdan, followed by Officer Clay, followed by the four Hatford boys, moved down the hall toward the little kitchenette behind the office. Everything was crisp looking and white, including a tall chef's hat with a pink ruffle around the bottom sitting ...on top of the microwave.Wally stared at the ruffle while Jake and Josh stood with open mouths, speechless.“Hey, look at the hippo!” Peter cried delightedly, pointing to a refrigerator magnet of a hippo wearing a pink tutu and eating a pizza.Chief Decker turned slowly around the little kitchen. Pink curtains had been tacked over the small window above the sink, and a paper cup filled with daisies stood in the middle of the little table.Without a word he moved on down the hall to the waiting room, and Wally sucked in his breath, because someone had put lace doilies over the backs of the vinyl chairs and tied bows at the bottom of each metal leg.“Peppermints!”MoreLess
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