Chapter 8A caravan of fleecy clouds drifted across the cornflower-blue sky and scraped the tips of the colossal skyscrapers. Riley brimmed with excitement when she stepped off the subway and entered the heart of Downtown San Francisco early in the morning.
The streets buzzed with the life of a chaotic, urban city; the kind that Riley had only seen in movies.
She squeezed through the sea of faceless strangers that rushed down the sidewalk and spoke into a phone that Natalie gave her and the rest of the girls as gifts.
“Hey dad! Yeah, the flight was decent. Nothing too exciting. Natalie picked me up from the airport. In her Porsche.”
She grinned when her dad yelled, “Yowza!” on the other end.
“Dad, this lady is seriously loaded, and she's only twenty-six!” Riley exclaimed. “I have no id
