Chapter 76

• “Do we really need all these?” I grumbled when Luna Evelyn added another handful of baby items into the cart. “Of course we do,” she beamed, rubbing her palms together and scanning the mall for more things to buy. “Aha,” she raised one finger in the air, pointing at something else. Before I could turn fully to see what it was she had seen, she dashed in the direction she’d pointed.
• I rolled my eyes and wheeled the cart to the check out point. There were about six people before me, but they stepped out of the way for me to go ahead of them with warm smiles on their faces. I thanked them and when the cashier looked up and saw me, she all but got out frantically from her seat, signaling another of her colleague to come help her out to hasten the calculations so I could leave. I’d gotten a phone amongst other things, but I wasn’t freaked about it. I guess I’d gotten used to not having one.
• “Luna Aria,” her colleague summoned the courage to speak directly to me, and I saw the other girl pinch her to stop her from talking. If I felt uncomfortable about the girl referring to me as Luna, I didn’t let it show. I’m not their Luna, but if they were comfortable referring to me as that, then I wasn’t going to correct them to prevent any awkwardness. The second girl had her eyes mostly on my stomach than on my face. I wouldn’t blame her, my stomach had grown beyond hiding now.