(Clara)
Agreeing to spend an afternoon shopping with Anna had seemed like a good idea at the time.
Looking back on it now, I was forced to admit that the decision belonged on a very long list of choices that had dramatically worsened my life.
The afternoon had started innocently enough. We met for coffee near the shopping center shortly after lunch, spent almost forty minutes discussing everything from medical school gossip to Maya’s latest disastrous dating experience, and eventually wandered into the mall with absolutely no plan beyond killing a few hours before heading home.
That should have been my first warning.
Nothing good ever happened when Anna and I entered a shopping mall without a plan.
Nothing.
By the time we reached the second floor, she had already convinced me to buy
