“We thought maybe you were having football practice or something with the lamp,” Carol commented. “What happened?”
“Well, you see it was this way,” Valerie began mischievously, to keep them in suspense. “I was making fudge in the kitchen and you know how fussy Loo Wong is about his kitchen.”
“Don’t we!” Virginia agreed. “Did he catch you?”
“Yes, he did,” Gale laughed.
“And asked me to teach him to make fudge,” Valerie added.
“But what has that to do with mussing the living room?” Janet demanded. “I don’t see the point.”
“Oh, yes, I forgot to tell you, it was after that that the bank robbers called on us,” Valerie said nonchalantly.
“The bank robbers called on you,” Carol said slowly. “Are you joking?”
“No,” Gale assured her. “You’ll find three of them carefully subdued and locked in the bunkhouse.”
“One of them shot Tom,” Virginia said rather than asked.