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the window so aggressively they all slammed into one another.
    â€œI love murder mysteries! Are you writing one now?” Hayley hollered over the high pitched yelping.
    â€œYes. I’m working on a story about a henpecked husband who murders his nagging wife! But the twist ending is he gets away with it because after hearing the torture she put him through, the jury refuses to convict him!”
    There was an awkward silence.
    Except for the barking dogs.
    Without saying another word, Nigel wrangled the leashes and stormed out, dragging the dogs behind him.
    Finally there was quiet.
    â€œLet’s get started, shall we?” Sabrina said, with a fake smile on her face to cover the fact she had just witnessed such an uncomfortable domestic drama.
    â€œWell, Liddy and I had a chance to talk before you got here . . .” Hayley said.
    â€œSince you were all so late,” Liddy barked, almost as piercing as Ivy’s dogs.
    Hayley quickly brushed past the comment. “Anyway, we think since time is such an issue we should just keep things simple and not go overboard because, after all, the whole point of the reunion is to just reconnect with old friends and catch up after so many years apart, right?”
    Sabrina, Nykki, and Ivy exchanged glances before Nykki motioned for Sabrina to speak on their behalf.
    â€œHayley, we appreciate you and Liddy taking the initiative and trying to make our lives easier but this reunion, it’s not like the tenth, when we were still kids, finding our way in life. This is the big one. Twenty years. We’ve all accomplished so much in life. Well, a few of us anyway. Why treat it just like any other run of the mill cocktail party?”
    â€œWe should go big. Have a live band. Maybe a singer or group who were really popular the year we graduated,” Nykki said to nods of approval from Sabrina and Ivy.
    â€œYes! Like Seal or Mariah Carey!” Sabrina said, clapping her hands.
    â€œOr Tupac!”
    â€œHe’s dead, Ivy,” Liddy said, scowling.
    â€œOh. Okay. Well, then maybe we can also get a celebrity from that era to give some kind of welcome speech. I may have an in with Jason Priestly.”
    â€œOh my God! Maybe Luke Perry could also come and they could be like co-speakers! That would be so fabulous!” Sabrina added, excited about their spitballing.
    Liddy stared at them, skepticism written all over her face. “With three days notice?”
    â€œYou know, Liddy,” Nykki said pointedly. “Maybe if you weren’t so negative you’d sell more houses. A positive attitude is the key to success.”
    For a moment, Hayley thought she was going to have to tackle Liddy who looked like she was about to lunge at Nykki and physically assault her.
    But surprisingly Liddy showed remarkable restraint.
    Although she did look like she was about to cry.
    â€œAnd decorations! We should recreate that simpler time in our lives. With lots of crepe paper and streamers,” Sabrina said to nods of approval from Ivy. “Really dress up this rather staid and architecturally outdated golf club.”
    As Hayley and Liddy watched the three former mean girls chatter away about their big ideas, it was very clear they had officially been pushed out of the planning.
    Nykki suddenly held a finger up for silence as she read a text on her phone. “Girls, I have to adjourn this meeting for now because I just got a last-minute showing out in Town Hill. A couple wants to take a look on their way out of town so it has to be now or never. They’re already there waiting.”
    â€œBut Nykki, I have to pick up Mason at the rental house because we’re going on a sunset cruise with Patty Simcox from high school who married one of the Rockefellers,” Sabrina said frowning.
    â€œI have an idea,” Ivy said. “Sabrina can drop me off at the house when she picks up Mason and you can just take my rental car,