Chapter 3
Hillsboro IS a sleepy little community set amid rambling green hills just outside of Portland, Oregon. It is a quaint mix of tiny Victorian homes and rambling ranch tract developments, antique shops in turn-of-the century storefronts, and modern shopping malls. For a little over a year Cheri and Betty had shared a two-story pink and white painted Victorian house that was really much larger than they needed, but appealed to both of their artistic sensibilities. It consisted of a remodeled kitchen, a dining room with stained glass windows and leaded glass oak hutches, a parlor and a living room, both with fireplaces, four bedrooms a small, round cupola-like room upstairs, and a porch swing. Don't forget the porch swing; Cheri had insisted on that.
Each girl had her own bedroom an
