Revenge of the Flower Girls by Jennifer Ziegler

Author:Jennifer Ziegler
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2014-10-19T21:00:00+00:00

Wedding RSVP cards arrived in the mail nearly every day, but there was never one from Alex. Dawn, Darby, and I despaired over this every evening. We began to wonder if we had sent it to the wrong place or if he wasn’t going to come — or hadn’t decided yet. Of course, we also knew that if Lily saw it, there would be lots of questions, but we preferred having to endure that to Alex being left out entirely.

Truth was, we were beginning to give up hope. Time was running out and there was nothing we could do to prevent the wedding day from arriving. Dawn kept calling meetings where we would sit around and complain and not come up with any good ideas. Darby kept getting the hiccups. And I got so jittery and fidgety that I would knock stuff over without meaning to. Our extra-clean living and dining rooms were in danger of getting messy again, so Mom actually stopped making me clear the table. I had to fold towels instead.

It was shaping up to be the most worrisome summer vacation ever. Romping in the Neighbors’ sprinklers didn’t even feel fun anymore. Outings with Daddy for pizza or ice cream didn’t cheer us up. Even trips to Forever’s for pie didn’t help.

One morning, Mom came upstairs and told us to clean our room. “And I mean really clean it,” she said. “Do not just toss things under the beds or into the closet. I will be checking those places, too, to make sure they are clean and tidy.”

“But that will take forever!” Dawn whined.

“Then you better start now,” Mom said. “Lily is out with your father, and I need to go pick up Aunt Jane at the airport. I expect this place to be spick-and-span or on its way to a high state of cleanliness by the time we get back. If you need anything, ask Ms. Woolcott.”

We grumbled for about an hour after she left and then spent close to another hour coming up with a plan. We decided that I should tidy the closet since I’m one-eighth of an inch taller than the others and can reach the shelves better. Meanwhile, Darby would clean under my bed and hers, and Dawn would clean under her bed, sweep the floor, and take out the trash.

The closet door never can stay open for some reason. Sure enough, it swung shut as soon as I stepped in there.

I was feeling around in the air for the pull string to turn on the light, when I heard a noise. It was low and whirring — like a growly animal or a buzzing insect. Whuzzz whuzzz whuzzz.

“Quincy?” I said. Only, I knew he wasn’t up there.

And that’s when I saw them. Three sets of evil, glowing, yellow eyes staring right at me in the dark.

One of my talents is that I can scream intolerably loud, and I think I screamed the loudest ever at that moment. I didn’t know if

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