Ella tricked them into believing things all the time
and then she would disappoint them by telling them all she was ‘just kidding’ and ‘I can’t believe you bought that!’ Once, she even told them the hot Life Guard from Ocean City had asked her out, even though it’s against the law, and they believed her. She cracked up for almost an hour at how gullible they were. But now, there was nothing to laugh about because it was true, which made them want to tell even more.

“Mom… Can I maybe… possibly… Umm… barrow a $20?â€?
Ella’s mom looked astounded.
“And why might you need that much money right
after a swim meet Ell? Where’s your money from
yesterday?� She had given Ella her monthly allowance
the day before, and she had a rule with Ella that she
had to stretch out her monthly allowance for the whole upcoming month.