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after-school snack, Zoey checked her blog and her e-mail. One name stood out in her in-box—DAPHNE SHAW!
    Dear Zoey,
    I hope school—and all your exciting sewing projects—aregoing well. I’ve got a proposition for you that I hope you’ll find exciting, too!
    I’m doing a pop-up store at a major department store in New York City—and this one will have a tween focus—inspired by you ! I’ve had so much fun making pieces for you and your friend Libby, so this is a way to test the idea of a new Daphne Shaw tween line in a limited way.
    The department store is already onboard—especially after the success they had with Cecily Chen’s tween line not long ago. Since you and Sew Zoey are my inspiration, I had this great idea, and I hope you like it: I’d love to feature one of your pieces in the pop-up shop. What better place to spotlight an actual tween designer’s work than in a designer’s tween fashion line pop-up shop?
    What do you think? If you’re interested, I’d need you to express mail me a box with a few sample pieces you can produce in multiple sizes, right away (I’ll give our account number to your dad so he can arrange the shipping)—so I can select which one will work best alongside myown collection. I hope you are as excited about this as I am!
    Let me know!
    Daphne
    Zoey had to read the e-mail twice before she believed it. It was too good to be true—except after reading the e-mail for a third time, just to be extra especially sure, Zoey knew it was!
    She e-mailed Daphne back right away and said that she was definitely interested, and she’d get together the pieces to send to her as soon as possible.
    The news made it hard to concentrate on doing homework, because she kept imagining seeing one of her designs on display in a New York department store!
    After finally finishing her work, she paged through her sketchbook, trying to figure out which designs might work. Nothing seemed quite special enough to be next to Daphne’s own designs.
    â€œMarcus! Zoey! Dinner’s on the table!” Dad called from downstairs.
    Zoey had been so involved in her design deliberations, she hadn’t even realized she was hungry. But now that Dad said dinner was on the table, she heard the growls coming from her stomach.
    She headed down to the kitchen, where her father was removing a delicious-smelling lasagna from the oven.
    â€œYum,” Zoey said. “That smells awesome. Did you make it?”
    â€œNo, I bought it at Paola’s,” Dad said. “I had a busy day.”
    â€œPaola’s lasagna?” Marcus said, walking into the kitchen and slouching into a chair. “Sweet!”
    After they all had served themselves generous portions and tasted a few scrumptious bites, Zoey told her father and Marcus about Daphne’s exciting e-mail.
    â€œI know I’ve said this before, Zo, but you are so fortunate to have a mentor like Daphne Shaw,” Dad said. “This sounds like an incredible opportunity.”
    Marcus nodded and gave Zoey a pointed look. “Speaking of opportunities . . .” he said. “Zoey? Is this a good time?”
    Zoey knew he was trying to say he wanted to ask their dad about the Mystery Lady, but she wasn’t ready to do it. She glared back at Marcus.
    â€œUh, kids? What’s going on?” Dad asked. “You’ve obviously got something on your minds. Are you trying to plan some kind of surprise?”
    â€œNot exactly,” Zoey said. “It’s more like you are.”
    Dad looked even more puzzled.
    â€œI am?” he said. “That’s news to me.”
    Zoey looked over at Marcus and gave him a C’mon, it’s your turn! look.
    But Marcus seemed to be having second thoughts, too. Maybe he was remembering how private their dad was about his dating life—except for when he occasionally asked Zoey for fashion advice.
    Dad looked from