Merlot invited Scarlet out to the bar for drinks. She brought Eloise along, so Lace was invited out too. Poor Lace is an elder now and I’m sad that I missed her birthday party! =(

After double-fisting some drinks, Lace went home to bed and Merlot stayed a bit longer to play Don’t Wake the Llama.

Lace: “We’ve kind of…adopted someone.”

Eloise: “Wait, what?”

Lace: “A close friend of ours, a local police officer, informed us that a little girl was in need of a new home. We had always wished we had more children, but somehow the timing never seemed right. Merlot and I aren’t getting any younger, but we thought maybe we should share our home with an older child in need of a family.”

Merlot: “Just thinking about what that little girl went through makes my blood boil! How could someone just abandon a child like that?”

Lace: “Love, why don’t you go get her and then brew us some Calming Chamomile? I have a feeling we all might end up frazzled after I finish telling Elo what happened.”