Memory stuck her phone back in her pocket and noticed Dak was looking at his, too. She took a deep breath, not even bothering to try to lie to him. “Ellie?”
“The one and only.”
She shook her head, and they both chuckled quietly. That woman was bound and determined. “So... I guess we’re building a snowman together.”
“Unless you can come up with a pretty creative excuse as to why you’re suddenly too busy to do so, even though I know you’re no longer babysitting.”
Memory giggled. “No, I’m not that good of a liar. Okay—Grandma and I had talked about doing a dog walker. It’s the only idea we could come up with that no one had done yet. We were going to get some of Lorelei’s plush animals and some leashes, and then when, we were done, we were going to donate the leashes to the animal shelter
