I'm not her!

The Girl Scouts in this town prefer the traditional Brownie Scout dress with orange tie, black belt and beret, and white socks & undies with brown shoes. It was eerie how much Jessica looked the part as she left the dressing booth intent on catching the girl who’d played the clothing switcheroo on her.

Strutting out of the booth to go looking for the actual Girl Scout, Jessica is alarmed when a woman cries out, “Kristy! Kristy Hildebrand! Stop right there, young lady! You are in so much trouble!” and grabs her by the upper arm, practically dragging her out of the shop and down the mall walkways, even as Jess tries to explain what has actually happened to her.

“You know, when I agreed to take you along with our troop on today’s excursion, I had a funny feeling about the whole thing. Now I see why! You just love getting into mischief, don’t you, Kristy? Well that’s not how our troop operates, and if you don’t stop the shenanigans, you’ll get a good taste of what I’m talking about!”, the woman continues on, berating her as she literally forces her along with her until they reach a small gaggle of younger girls all waiting in an orderly line-up with another woman troop leader.

“There you are! Was she much trouble, Mrs. Cummings?”, inquired the other troop leader.

“Nothing I couldn't handle. You know, she’d snuck into a lady’s boutique, rather than stay with the rest of the troop looking for snacks for today’s excursion! I tell you, this one is the Dickens, Mrs. Brundidge.”, replied Mrs. Cummings, the woman who discovered her at the dressing booths.

Hands on Jessica’s shoulders now, Mrs. Brundidge told Jessica in all seriousness, “Now Kristy…” to which Jessica immediately raised objection, “But I’m not Kristy! My name is”, and Jessica went on, explaining how she was an adult and had just moved to town and…

But Mrs. Brundidge sternly rebuked her, “That is preposterous, Kristy! Now I don’t want to hear any more lip from you and you will sit in the back of the bus and not make a sound on our field trip to...