ke a ghost. The air was thick with the scent of expensive leat

t

seams. Another girl was spraying a $500 bottle of perfume into the air like it was a

ice tags!" she shouted, l

oking at Chloe with pure adoration. He caught my eye and his

g here, Ava? Came

at you bought with my

loe is being generous. It's her money. You s

him. "You stole

thing to worry about," he stammered, his eye

a tray of cosmetics off a counter. Glass shattered. A dark red lipstick smeared across a pri

uld try it sometime." She gestured to the chaos. "Don't worry, I can afford a little mess." She pulled out her

's a lot of damage. That handbag alone is five grand. The

d by his need to be a hero that he couldn't see the truth right in front of him. He thought he

d, my eyes locked on Chloe. "I

sound. "Let them tally it up! L

, dumping armfuls of merchandise. The total, including the d

thousand, four hundred and twenty dollar

out the first of her new, shiny credi

chine

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tened. She tri

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her. The beeps became

Declined