Chapter 16 ★ Rookie maneuvers

Hendrix POV I stare begrudgingly at the sea of produce lying before me. Why is it so hard to choose what to buy? I budget my heart out as I examine everything, trying to scour my brain for what I need versus what I want. Grocery shopping is hard. It's harder when I have someone with me who is trying to force me to choose wrong. "Come on. Just one sweet thing, you gotta treat yourself." Dylan urges, grabbing a box packed with tempting twinkies and shoving them right in my face. "There's a special going on right now. Right that down in your coupon book." I shove my little coupon book back into my purse with a frown. I try not to groan, I'm so tired of people teasing me for owning a coupon book. It's not my fault that I'm scraping by, and that food wracks up quickly. I'm pretty good at budgeting. It doesn't help that grocery stores here are astronomically more expensive. I miss my local Piggly Wiggly. I used to drive there a