I happily strolled in the direction of the Chase family home. As the streetlights were coming on, I brushed past a young man in a black hoodie. We both stopped at the same time. Shawn had a sheet mask plastered on too. The assistant behind him laughed so hard he slapped his thigh. "Oh my god, you two are so in sync!" Shawn nodded like a bobblehead. "Yeah, what a coincidence!" The two of us walked around the mall with our sheet masks on. An enthusiastic shop assistant approached us. "Are you two looking to, uh, buy something?" Shawn pointed at the star projector in the window. "I want to buy Nina a whole room full of stars," he said. I froze. I had casually complained to him last time about how Fairport had too many smoggy days, and you couldn't see the stars at night. This silly fool

