"It makes you think that Ilinka, as swell as she is, was just another thing those kids had handed to them on a silver platter!"

She rubs at her eyes. "Whatever's going on–a shadowy conspiracy, alien sabotage, an uncle with more money than sense–we need to figure it out. Do some investigation, follow money trails."

She clenches her teeth. "I'm won't be caught flat-footed by another person backstabbing us!" She growls. "I won't!"