Chapter 21

"That's for me to know, and you to never find out." I warned with a playful glare before typing out a quick reply to Calla's text and shoving my phone back into my pocket. She had asked if I could take her to target, her new found "favorite place in the world", but I wasn't willing to take her anywhere with me until I met whoever the hell claimed to be raising her. Unfortunately, I was running out of excuses to use on her. She was one of the smartest, most intuitive little girls I'd ever met and I knew that it was going to be sooner rather than later that she'd call me out on my lies. I snapped out of my thoughts when everyone started laughing while looking at me. "Sorry, what'd I miss?" I asked sheepishly. "I just said that I could set you up with Scar's friend Tan-" "Ugh! No!" I instantly scoffed, cutting her off before she could finish her sentence. "The last time you set me up with someone, Ellie, it was Robby and you