* * * “It is complicated.” Chris mused and took a giant bite out of his sandwich. “It is big but very expensive and very crowded. I haven’t even been to downtown because it is not the most safest. But LA has so many opportunities, so it pays to live there I guess. And the weather is nice too.” “How is the weather?” She asked as she sipped on the apple juice he had brought. “It’s usually dry and hot.” “That sounds awful.” Zahra frowned. She could remember the sweltering heat from her hometown. It was the kind of heat that peeled the skin off your back and her least favorite season of all time. Summer back in her mansion meant that she would be confined to her home alone, unable to even take a walk in her gardens. To her summer reminded her of the confinement she had escaped and it

