“Come on, Ana,” I said, taking her hand and tugging her into the mall. She clutched my fingers with her smaller ones, her hair in high pigtails and her body dressed in a pink ballerina dress that she had begged me to wear, her grin so wide. “This is the mall?!” she asked, glancing at everyone walking around. “It is so big!” “So many stores here too,” I said. “Do you wanna shop afterward?” “Yeah! Do you think they have a princess store?” “Maybe.” Giggling to herself, she bounced up and down beside me. I pulled my phone out of my pocket to see where the hell Landon wanted us to meet him. He had texted me this morning and said it was urgent and gave us a location but not much else. I was glad that he hadn’t made plans with Imani after spending the night at her house. Part of me hadn’t w

