She barely glanced our way as she invited Ella and me inside. She just watched the screen with wide eyes for a few more moments before pausing the movie with her remote and facing us. “Hey girls. What are you two up to today?” She sat up and patted her hands down on either side of her, gesturing for us to have a seat. Ella took a seat instantly, while I remained standing. The plan was to get Mom out of the house so that we could go through her journal again, and we wouldn’t be able to do that by getting comfortable. Shrugging, I answered with, “Nothing much. We just came to see what you were doing today.” Mom brushed some of her brown hair out of her face as she glanced between Ella and me. She looked suspicious. It was as if she knew we were up to something. “Why?” “Because we saw that one of your favorite movies is playing at the old cinema and we thought you would have fun going to see it,”
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