Chapter Twenty

"You're dressed to impress, aren't you?" Sande asked, wiggling her eyebrows suggestively at Eds.

"I don't know what you're talking about," Eds murmured, turning away to hide her pink cheeks. "You don't expect me to wear rags, do you?"

"Of course not." Sande shot her friend a secretive smile. "Pretend you don't know what I'm talking about all you like."

"That's exactly what I'm doing," Eds assured her.

"He's here!" Tristan announced excitedly from the living room. "And he's got... gifts!"

"Really?" Sande rushed over to the window and whistled when she saw the bouquets. "Roses!"

"I'm sure he was expecting those gifts to be a surprise," Eds said, her voice dripping with sarcasm. "Now, he'll be the one surprised."

"We can still act surprised." Tristan said.

Eds smoothed down her blue sheath dress, wondering if Sande was indeed right about her wanting to impress Sinjin. She briefly considered going upstairs to change, but the sound of the doorbell ringing stopped her. She watched as Troy a