Callie’s POV
It was almost dark by the time we managed to climb the hill where the largest and most luxurious mansions in town stood. Even though I had lived there my entire life, I had never walked through that neighborhood before, and now that I was doing it for the first time, I couldn’t keep my mouth shut. The level of luxury and sophistication was incredible—far beyond anything I had ever imagined “being rich” meant.
“Impressed?” Lila asked when she saw me widen my eyes for the fifth time.
For her, those luxury homes were everyday scenery, and that was also why I sometimes wondered why Lila was my friend in the first place, because her family was rich.
“I wouldn’t even dream of living in a place like this,” I said. “I’d need ten lifetimes to make that kind of money.”
Lila rolled
