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Vinny waved a finger at her, but the smile on his face proved he found her amusing. “Fabriella,” Vinny said, using Ella’s full name.
Ella turned to him. “We’ll behave. I’m worried about you and the boys.”
A childish grin formed on Vinny’s face. “Enzo will be here to ruin our fun.”
An unexpected rush of heat coursed through Cami’s body. She tried to suppress it as Ella gave Vinny a kiss on the cheek.
“Take my car,” Vinny said. “I’m in for the night.”
“I was going to drive,” Cami said.
“With only three good tires.” He shook his head. “Take my car. Four good tires that were just rotated.”
Cami sighed as Ella took his keys.
“Ready?” Ella asked.
“Yup.” Cami wanted to get out of there before Enzo showed up.
Two hours later Ella had dragged Cami through four stores and had taken many pictures as the ideas for the space formed in her mind. The particular care to detail made it obvious that Ella didn’t only want to get it right, she wanted to impress her older brother. She valued his opinion, and Cami had a feeling impressing Enzo would be the confidence boost Ella needed to go all in with her business.
That didn’t mean they couldn’t play a trick on Enzo in the meantime. “I have an idea,” Cami said to Ella as they walked out of the last store.
“Oh no.”
“What?” Cami asked.
“You have that look on your face like you’re about to get us in trouble.”
“Not trouble… just a little fun.”
“That’s what you said in tenth grade when you convinced me to put bubble bath in the washer.”
“It was funny.”
“It was humiliating. The entire laundry room was filled, and Enzo nearly cracked his head open when he caught us and slipped face first into the wall.”
“Okay, but this is nothing like that.”
“That’s what you said in middle school when you said you could fit five campfire marshmallows in your mouth and nearly choked to death.”
“Fine, my ideas haven’t always been the best, but this one will be funny. I promise.”
“I’m listening.”
“Enzo is playing poker tonight, right?”
“Yes.”
“So that means he’s not at home.”
“Uh huh.”
“He thinks you’re out looking for a coffee table, but what if you make him believe that you’ve been at his place, completely transforming it?”
“And that’s funny because…?”
“It took him forever to step back and let you do your thing, so why don’t we play a little trick on him?”
