Bianca stared at her friend in shock.

“You …you can’t be serious…Rox…”

She stood up and began to pace furiously, hysteria overcoming her. She laughed and cried, turning to face Roxanne and her sisters, who were staring at her,

“HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN? I’M…I’M GETTING MARRIED! IN TWO DAYS!”

She sank onto the low couch, tears overwhelming her as she sobbed helplessly,

“I can’t go…running around the countryside, nabbing villains!”

Roxanne’s small, sandalled feet appeared in her line of vision.

“So, what do you intend to do, Bianca Cruz? “asked Roxanne in a hard voice that made Bianca look up in shock.

Her friend, normally soft and submissive, had a hard...