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“Anyway,” Mia said as she put her arht maybe Barrick and I could do a cute little baby announce that announces his irandfatherhood”

“Yeah, that would be nice,” I agreed

For the next two hours, we shopped and had lunch in the food court Mia tried to eat a slice of pizza, but two bites in, she had to excuse herself Thankfully, the bathrooms were close by because she had to make a run for it

All the rinned and nodded her head But no one said anything about it Not even when Mia returned froreen but sweaty They all pretended nothing out of the ordinary had happened

“Well, we should get going,” Aunt Es to pick up before the party tonight” She kissed the top of Arella’s head then gave“Enjoy the rest of your afternoon, babes”

Mia gaveat the perspiration on her upper lip as she walked with her uards toward the escalators

“Mom,” Arella said as she pushed away her plate of half-eaten Japanese “Palo with her? She’ll drop me off, and I promise I’ll be home in time for the party”

Without hesitating, Morounded I mean it, Arella”

Sheup, she kissed Mom’s cheek and skipped off toward the escalators as well

“That girl is going to get in trouble, Lana,” Aunt Layla said with a laugh

Mo in trouble? Drake put an extra tracker on her phone, though Seeing as she disabled the first one so she could go to soo”

I wasn’t surprised by my sister’s antics She was born to cause trouble Of the five of us, Arella was the wildest, and I knew the ray hair was because of her

Half listening to the others talking, I pulled out my phone to see if I had a text fro, and I tried to push down my disappointment I’d already texted hi roo on the new dress I’d picked out for the party in the hope of getting a flirty response I should have knoouldn’t; Braxton had never flirted before, but a girl could dream, damn it

“Four of thehere with noeveryone at the table but h as Jordan Moreitti appeared at the end of the table “I knew this was my lucky day, but damn, ladies”

I rolled my eyes so hard, his dark eyes landed onhim off He was Mia’s best friend, sohiinia Probably more often than his parents did since he spent his ti in his father’s company or visit