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Ella's POV

Gabby thought we were both shopping at the supermarket buying groceries but in actual sense, she was the only one doing the grocery run while I was out here on yet another investigative duty.

I had to confirm if the marks I saw were due to a neighborhood watch or a Melody watch. I had to know if the spies (if there were any) were watching Melody or if they were patrolling the neighborhood as they wanted to make it seem.

"Don't you have anything to buy?" Gabby said as she glanced at me and noticed that I hadn't thrown anything in the shopping cart I was pushing forward. The children were walking in front of us while we were walking behind them, pushing the cart after them.

"Oh!" I muttered, snapping out of my thoughts.

I had been so lost in thoughts that I didn't realize that we had passed all the sections and were heading towards the cashier and I hadn't bought anything. I could understand why she was looking at me with arched eyebrows and curiosity in those eyes of hers.

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