To avoid one of Lanny's stormy tantrums, Mr. and Mrs. White had no option but to send her back to David's home. Mr. White knocked on the door, which was soon opened by a pretty young woman with reddish-brown hair and tiny rosy freckles on her cheeks.

"Who are you? You look awfully familiar. Have we met before?" Lanny frowned and narrowed her eyes, sizing up the woman in front of her with suspicion. She was wearing a tight little black dress with no bra underneath, a fact which instantly aroused suspicion in Lanny.

"Um... I'm the maid Mr. David hired. My name is Mary. Mary Clarkson," the young woman...