“RJ, where are we? We’re supposed to go to Billy O’Reilly’s house.” He played football with Axel and Jacob. And I guess with Liam and RJ now too. His house was on the outskirts of the city. He threw a party there every year.

“Wrong,” RJ said. “We’re supposed to go to O’Reilly’s.”

“What?”

“O’Reilly’s,” Liam said and pointed to the neon sign on one of the buildings.

“I don’t think that’s right. Now I get why the two of you were invited. They’re hazing you.”

Liam laughed. “No way. Look at all the cars. Sounds like you would have been the one being hazed if you showed up at O’Reilly’s parents’ house.”

“Scarlett usually leaves the details to me,” Sophie said. “Isn’t that right?”

I shrugged. But she was right. I was always Sophie’s plus one to all these things. She was the one that loved parties and letting her brother drive underage and cut holes in ceilings.

“And in this one weird case, RJ is actually correct,” Sophie said.

RJ cut the engine and turned around. “Hey.”

Liam laughed. “This party is gonna be epic.”

“The most epic night ever!” Sophie yelled and climbed out of the car.

I climbed out too and closed the door behind me. We all walked up to the warehouse. “So is this where Billy O’Reilly’s parents work? What exactly do they do?”

“You don’t know?” Liam asked.

I shook my head. O’Reilly was friends with Axel and Jacob, but I’d barely even talked to the guy.

“Well you’re in for a real treat then,” RJ said. “And when I say treat, think peanuts.”

“Okay…” my voice trailed off. “Do they manufacture snack nuts or something?”

“It’s so much better than that.”

“Granola bars?”

He laughed. “I agree, granola bars are better than snack nuts. But it’s not really food related.”

“You said peanuts.”

Sophie laughed as she opened the front door. “Think more…large animals.”

“What?” Large was the exact opposite of peanuts. And they had nothing to do with animals.

“And magic,” Liam added.

“What the heck are you all talking about?” There was a small entryway that gave me no additional clues. Except for a huge red and white striped curtain.

“It’ll be a grand old show,” Sophie said.

I just shook my head. “Do they own an old timey movie theater?”

Liam laughed. “With animals?”

“Really big animals,” RJ added.

“I don’t know what the hell is happening!”

RJ pulled the curtain to the side.

Oh wow. Peanuts. Animals. Magic. A show.

No, not just any show. A three-ring circus.