The country club

"What do you want to do?" Abby asked nervously.

"Well, I have a tennis match at the club in a half hour." Janice explained. "You can come along to that! They have a pool, golf course, even horse back riding there! Plenty for a young woman to do!"

"The club! Do you mean the country club?" Abby knew her step mother belonged to one of those elite country clubs. "But, won't they have a dress code or something?"

"Well yes, but I'm a senior member." Her mother explained. "We make the rules. There's no one to get mad if we break them! Besides, most of the club is really just people looking for something exciting to talk about! They'd be thrilled with some young woman showing up and flaunting her refusal of the dress code!"

"B... but I can't!" Abby exclaimed. "I... I don't even have shoes!"

"Yes, unfortunately none of my shoes would fit on your oversized feet." Janice looked down at Abby's bare size nines. Another thing her step mother ragged her about. "Really, so unladylike!"

Abby, embarrassed, could do nothing to hide her feet. They weren't THAT big, though she wished they were a little more dainty.

"But, like I said, I'm one of the people in charge. There's really nothing anyone can do about it! Come on, doesn't it sound fun? I know you're a bit of a rebel, shoving your causal dress sense in some rich people's faces will be great! Besides, if you're really that worried about it you can hang out by the pool! Nobody will mind a girl dressed like you there!"

"Now come along." Her step mother inisited, ushering her out towards the door and out to the car...