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True to her word, Lydia took Halli to the cheapest shoe store in the mall, and found her a great sale: buy one pair for $14, get the second pair half off. So Halli bought some black flats to go with her dress for the ball, and a new pair of sneakers that she wore out of the store.
Lydia wasn’t thrilled with the selection there. She wanted higher heels, a wider toe box, pale green if she could find it. Lydia always knows what she wants.
“Let’s try a couple more places,” she suggested, checking her watch. “I’ll still get you home before dinner.”
Halli didn’t mind spending more time tagging along. She’d already gained valuable information by watching Lydia extract cash from an ATM, and she’d secretly been able to observe all kinds of different people: what they wore, how they behaved,
