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Virgil shook his head in disbelief, staring at Dominic's costume. Chuckling to himself, he walked over to Elise. "Well, now that the guest of honor is here, should we bring out the cake?" he asked.
She nodded. "I have it hidden over there, near the covered table where the presents are." They made their way over, winking at the others as they passed them. Taking the cover off the cake, Elise smiled. "Your grandmother is a genius."
"I'll say," Virgil added, glancing down at the cake. It was in the shape of a Jack 'o lantern, complete with triangle eyes and toothy grin. He held the tray while Elise lit the candles. "Ready?" She nodded. "Then let's go."
They started forward, heading towards Dom. The Irishman's back was towards them, so he didn't see them coming. Elise waved to get everyone's attention, and started singing. Slowly the others joined in and Dominic looked up in startlement.
"Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday, dear Dominic! Happy Birthday to you!!" The group finished then burst into loud applause.
Virgil set the cake down on the table in front of Dom. "Here you go. Blow out your candles and make a wish!"
Dom still looked shell-shocked but complied and blew them out, setting off another cheer from his friends. "I--I don't know what t'say," he mumbled.
"Then don't say anything! Just cut the cake!" Gordon yelled out, causing everyone to laugh.
Elise handed Dominic a knife. He stared at it for a moment before Emily and Lisa stepped in. "We'll handle this, dear," Emily told him. "You sit back and relax; it's your day after all." The two women quickly sliced up the cake and passed it around.
"When you're done, there are presents too," Nikki added, gesturing over to the table.
Dom's eyes widened in surprise. "You didn't have to do that!" he exclaimed.
"We know." Nikki smiled.
"This is terrific cake, Grandma!" Scott called out.
"I agree, Mrs. Tracy," Luke added. "Chocolate, my favorite."
"Anything chocolate is your favorite," Cassie quipped. Luke merely grinned at her.
"When did you want to open your presents, Dom?" Callie asked as she took a sip of punch from her cup. It tasted a little funny, but she figured it was the sweetness of the cake reacting to the citrus of the punch.
Dom shook his head. "Anytime would be fine with me." He smiled. "There's never a bad time for presents." They chuckled.
"How about we save the presents until a bit later? It's getting dark and we want to get the scavenger hunt started before it gets dark," Virgil said. There were murmurs of agreement as everyone finished their cake.
Once the plates were cleared, Elise clapped to get everyone's attention. "All right, why don't you all get into teams and we'll get this started."
Kyrano quickly excused himself, offering instead to help Emily clear the plates. "I'll skip this one too," Dianne added. "Ah'm not exactly dressed foah the occasion."
Cassie grimaced. "I think I'll have to head back to the Cliff House for shoes." She looked ruefully down at her bare feet. "I may look like Artemis, but I certainly don't have her stamina!"
Tin-Tin frowned. "I remember from your uniform measurements that we're the same shoe size. Would you like to just borrow a pair of mine? That would be faster than going back to your apartment."
"That would be great! Thanks!"
"I'll get them for you as soon as we get settled here then."
"If you don't mind, I'll sit out too. It's been a long day," Dom told them.
"More cake! More cake!" Joshua jumped up and down in front of his father.
Luke laughed. "Yeah, that's just what he needs. Good idea, Dom. Relax and feed your son more sugar."
There was some giggling and shuffling around as people sorted themselves, but finally everyone was separated into teams. Virgil held up five envelopes. "All right. You all have clues that will eventually lead you to the treasure. However, all the clues are different, so you can't cheat by following each other, Gordon."
"Hey!"
Virgil went on, ignoring his brother. "All right, Team A?"
"That's us!" Gordon stepped forward to snag the clue, turning back towards Brains. Tin-Tin handed Cassie a pair of sneakers then joined them.
"Team B?"
"Right here!" John took the clue and joined Tyler and Anna.
"That would make us Team C," Luke waved from his group consisting of Callie and Alex. Rommel's tail wagged with excitement. Luke handed the clue to Alex to hold. "Before we get started, I want to take this getup off Rom. He doesn't need it anymore and I don't need him to get snarled up anywhere." Luke quickly stripped the nightdress and mop cap off his dog. Rommel gave a huge shake and let out a happy, "Wuff."
"Team D?" Virgil called out.
"Over here," Scott waved from where he was standing with Cassie and Will.
"And that would make us Team E," Jeff said, taking his clue and turning to Cherie and Lisa.
Elise called out to everyone. "All right, the first team back here with the treasure is the winner. We'll call the rest of you back in when that happens. Any questions?"
"Is it real treasure?" Tyler asked?
Virgil winked. "You'll have to find it first and see."
No one else had anything so Elise nodded. "Then open your clues! And good luck!"
  
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