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Fifteen

Zena punched the speed dial on her phone. Her dad made sure she had free long distance anywhere in the states and she was taking advantage right away. Sara should still be up, they usually said goodnight at around eleven, so even though she was wiped out, she hoped her BFF was still up. Then she remembered the time difference, even though it was ten o'clock it was two hours earlier in Denver.

"Zee, you got your phone back. What did you have to do?"

Sara's familiar voice brought tears to her eyes. She grabbed a tissue and blew her nose before she answered the question.

"Find my twin sister."

Let Sara absorb that one.

"Wait a minute. You don't have a twin, you're an only child."

"Get your lap top up and join my Zoom. I'll prove it to you." Zena texted Lace as she talked.

Putting Sara on speaker she flipped her own laptop open and set up a Zoom conference so the three of them could talk.

Three squares appeared and Sara's eyes popped when she figured it out.

"Shit, you do have a twin. If you didn't have names on, I wouldn't know who's who."

"Hi Sara. I'm Lacey or Lace, because if you're Zee's friend you're mine too. She trusts you with everything from what she's told me."

"The first day of school must have been a real eye opener," Sara said.

Zee groaned. "You have no idea, after school was even worse. We found out a lot of stuff all at once. I've sent you an email with the details, but the best thing is Percy."

Lacey made a face, and started to sing, "Percy and Zena sitting a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g."

"Well he did kiss my hand when he introduced himself to me, just before he tripped going up the steps onto the stage," Zee admitted.

Sara and Lacey both broke out laughing.

"He did save himself by grabbing the rail," Zee continued. "Our big problem is Anya though. The girl has out for both of us."

"What? You don't know what to do with a bully?" Sara teased her half seriously.

"I would if it was one on one. I mean I know I was bad, but I never had you hold anyone down, or threatened anyone with violence. Mostly I just whined until I got what I wanted." Zee said. She lifted her arm so the camera could see her scratches. "And that's why Mom changed her will, so I had to move into Pettigrew mansion."

"Anya is escalating. She used to just shove me, or make nasty comments, but she and her side kicks, Molly and Izzy are getting worse. She was threating to cut Zee's ponytail off." Lacey said.

"Man, that sucks." Sara shook her head. "Are they going to charge her with assault?"

"My Dad's working on that, and the restraining order," Lacey explained. "He's a lawyer."

They took turns talking to Sara and filling her in on all they'd discovered about their real parents and why they were adopted and separated. They ended up inviting Sara to come visit for Halloween. Zee wanted her there for the party.

They discussed ways to get Zee's dad to give permission for the party and how to keep Anya from crashing it. An hour later, Sara said goodbye when she caught both twins yawning.

"Bedtime you two. Eleven was always cut off for us before, and you need to be on your toes. Stay together or keep your guys around. Percy sounds like a great person, and I like what you told me about Terry, Lace. I'll see what I can find out about the investigation into your mother's crash. They have the pieces of her jet in one of the hangers close to where Mom works. I've got your back, Zee. Always."