**Easton**
What is going on with my mate? She keeps saying she wants to be friends but can’t. Is she in hiding or something?
“Are you running away from the mafia or something? What do you mean they’ll kill me and then you for betraying them?” I asked her.
Arianna put her hand to her head. “Everything is so complicated,” she mumbled.
I looked at her. Why is everything complicated? That confuses me.
“Arianna? What are you not telling me?” I asked her.
She shook her head and slowly put her hand down. “I can’t, not here,” she told me.
“Okay, then let’s go somewhere to talk privately,” I suggested.
I watched as she closed her eyes and took a deep breath before slowly exhaling.
“I promise I will tell you everything. This is just a lot for me right now. Tonight, I thought I was just grab
