Page 313 of Safe With You

“So does one of the four you already have.”

“Those are daisies.”

I looked at the bottle.

Then at Ellis.

“She has a point.”

His head turned slowly toward me.

“Whose side are you on?”

“I didn’t realize there were sides.”

“There are always sides.”

Mila smiled at me.

Ellis took the bottle from her and put it back on the shelf.

“No.”

She sighed like this was the worst thing that had ever happened to her.

I managed not to laugh until Ellis turned away.

Twenty minutes later, we were standing at the register when he looked into one of the bags.

“What are those?”

I suddenly became very interested in the card reader.

He pulled out a pack of glitter pens.

“Luna.”

“They were four dollars.”

Mila smiled beside me.

Ellis shook his head. “I’ve lost control of this entire situation.”

“You never had it.”

The cashier laughed as she handed him the receipt.

Mila grabbed the bag with her pens while Ellis took the others.

I reached for one, but he moved it away.

“I got it.”

“I can carry a bag.”

“I know.”

There was that answer again.