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But as far as purchasing clothes for ht me a pair of socks

So that’s how I foundone of those hand-held baskets I was in the dressing roo what he’d handed off to me

I took the jeans, size four I eyed the sweatshirts and tops he’d also handed h the door “These are just basic clothes that I can eyeball whether they’ll fit or not”

“Can you fit them?”

“Yeah” I tossed one of the pairs of jeans away, scooped up the rest, and went back out

Raize stood as an older woirl came around the corner “Oh!” The older worands The earrings got hter had the same blonde hair, same face and eyes She wore a diamond necklace, and they both had their ar the pink halter top wasn’t for the grandma

Interest filled their eyes as they stared at Raize

There was that reaction to hiain I didn’t understand it

Raize’s gaze cooled, and I was hoping he wouldn’t call the grandma a skank cokewhore

He stepped back, his hand went to the small of my back, and he murmured, “Excuse us”

“Oh papacito!” The older woled and sent me a look of approval

He was a killer Didn’t they see that? Didn’t they instinctively fear him? They should

They were stupid Ignorant

Raize was dripping in so much blood, he had no soul any inside my head Why couldn’t they feel that from him?

I stiffened, and Raize shot ainst my back But neither of us said a word

I walked briskly out of there, but not before pain sliced through me as a memory flashed before my eyes

I was standing in a clothing store’s dressing room

I was bored I wanted to leave, but I had a book in hter

“What do you think, Friend?” She winked at me Friend It was our ‘code’

The dressing roo open, and my sister ca pose—

No!