CHAPTER 19 ELSIE My first day in New York with Kayla is magical. I’ve been in the city with the Jackson family before–sightseeing and visiting museums with them and whatnot. But it’s just now that I can truly appreciate the art of the city. With Kayla by my side, well, now I’m a New York girl for life. The December Manhattan sky slips into hues of burnt-orange gold as evening sets in and after a Broadway show, a round of shopping a subway and skip over to the infamous Radio City Music Hall and a cup of what might be the world's smoothest hot cocoa, we head to our shared room at the St. Regis hotel on Central Park South. Exhausted in the best way possible, I swan-dive onto my queen-sized bed, shopping bags in tow. I'm already plotting on how to avoid the last event for tonight–the coll

