Word Girl and the 7 Deadly sins

chapter 4: Greed part 1

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Becky's P.O.V.

The group consisting of Jackie, Tobey, Becky, Bob and Sam had been driving for a while. They stopped every so often for potty or snack breaks or just to see the sights. They weren't in that much of a hurry but they needed to get this done by the end of summer.

After a few days they were bright and sunny California. They had just reached the state line when Becky asked. "So, which relative are we here to see?" The kids were all playing a round of Uno.

"According to the file, we have an appointment this afternoon with Ms. Genevieve Astruc who is a fashion designer that is just getting her start. I'm actually a big fan of her work. According to this, she always has the best models in terms of coordination and her models are always so fierce and feisty on the cat walk. I wonder which sin she is.." Said Jackie as she leafed through her file.

"I guess we'll just have to wait and see." Said Tobey as he put down a card.

It felt like they weren't really moving. "Does anyone else get the feeling that we're not moving?" Asked Jackie as she looked out the window across from her.

"It sure feels that way. But it's a bit ambiguous at this point." Agreed Becky as she grabbed a card from the deck and placed it down onto the growing pile.

"What does ambiguous even mean?" Asked Jackie as she placed a card onto the growing pile.

"Ambiguous means, unclear or vague. Like the fact that we don't know whether we're moving or not is ambiguous." Said Becky as Bob saw that he didn't have any matching cards so he grumpily grabbed another card from the face down pile.

"I get it now. Thanks Becky. I'm going up front to see what's the hold up. You guys can play on without me." It wasn't that it was boring or anything but this was their fifth game in a row and Jackie was getting a bit tired to say the least.

Jackie placed her deck of cards face down adding onto the pile of face down cards and walked up to the front where her uncle was sitting at the driver's seat. She walked past the blue curtain separating them and re-tied it behind her.

As soon as she climbed into the passenger's seat she buckled her seatbelt and turned to her uncle Sam who looked deep in thought.

"Hey uncle Sam, how come it feels like we aren't really moving?" She asked him as she looked ahead to see that they were stuck in bumper to bumper traffic. "Oh, well that answers that question."

"Hey, how are you holding up?" Sam asked his niece, turning just slightly to look her in the eye.

Jackie sighed. "Honestly...it's not that I don't like it but I'm feeling a bit fidgety at the thought of meeting my long lost relative. What if she doesn't believe me? What if she gets security to throw me out? What if.."

Sam cut her off before she could go on worrying. "I know you're nervous but I was pretty nervous just to make the appointment. I had to lie and tell her that we were writing an article for a fashion magazine that doesn't really exist. I'm sure she'll figure that part out sooner or later but for now let's try not to spoil it. Hopefully Ms. Genevieve will want to talk with us by herself without the need for a security guard."

"Do you think she would?" Asked Jackie as they moved up a bit.

"Hopefully." It was then that they heard a loud noise coming from the back and they heard yelling and Bob screeching something.