Michelle gets a call...

"Oh, this would look absolutely wonderful on you, Sweetie!" Michelle cooed as she held up a pink, ruffled dress with a picture of a teddy bear holding a flower on the front.

Lauren could only whimper as she saw the younger woman place the horrible abomination into the cart, her cheeks burning in humiliation. Suddenly, both women were taken by surprise when they heard an annoying pop jingle coming from nowhere. Letting out a brief chuckle, Michelle took her phone out of her purse before pressing a button.

"Hello?" Michelle greeted.

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Outside Little Piggy's, Vanessa stifled a giggle before disguising her voice and speaking into the payphone.

"Hi, Michelle. It's me, Patricia Howards." Vanessa said, using the fake name that she had given Michelle.

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"Oh, Mrs. Howards!" Michelle said with a smile, earning a look of confusion from Lauren. "I'm just taking Lana out shopping for a new wardrobe. For some reason when I arrived, all of her clothes were gone from her closet. It was filled with all your clothes!"

"That's Lana for you!" Vanessa lied, letting out a small chuckle. "The little scamp likes to hide all of her "little kid" clothes and pretend that she's a grown up. Don't worry about spending too much money, I know where she hides them. A single outfit is all she really needs right now."

"Really?" Michelle asked, turning to Lauren as she gave a playful smirk. "Then maybe I should give her a time out later for stealing your things."

Lauren gulped a bit, unsure what this lunatic was babbling about now.

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"Don't worry, I'll punish her when I get back tonight." Vanessa said, a smile on her face as she looked through the store window and saw the two women. "Anyway," she continued, "I just called to let you know that there is some information about Lana that I forgot to mention before hand..."