The Condensed Adventures of Wonder Erin

~~It was a dark and stormy night. Once again, Wonder Erin was resorting to her box of pristine vintage chocolates and assortment of Sudoku puzzles to while the time away. Not much has transpired since we left her in the clutches of that unspeakable evil - Johnny Boom. Besides her triumphant escape, that is. There was that. Her life had settled into the worn routine of endless tasteless meals prepared by her snippy French cook Ja'nelle, and the occasional call from Jecka for a game of poker. Not much out of the ordinary had occurred. Until that night. The black rotary dial telephone jittered to life as the blue neon light beneath it lit in anticipation of a conversation. Wonder Erin's carefully sharpened pencil slipped from her fingers and her grandmother's rosebud teacup clattered to a halt on the low mahogany coffee table next to her. She threw aside her puce crushed velvet lap quilt and sprang into action, her tiny dachshund Elroy yelping and baying in protest at his nap being so rudely disturbed. His puppy curses were muffled by the quilt falling carelessly over his head. Elroy snuffed his way out with a Harrruummmph! but his disdain went unnoticed as the Wonder laid her spindly hand on the receiver. She lifted it slowly to her ear, and, taking a deep cleansing breath...