Ava POV
The mall was already getting busy by the time we got there.
There were eight of us.
Mom, Cloe, Tootsie, True, Josie, Sonjia, Nettie, and me.
Apparently, what started as Mom asking me to go to the mall with her and the girls.
Had turned into a full-blown Ol' Ladies invasion.
Well, mostly Ol' Ladies.
Josie and Cloe didn't count.
Neither did I technically.
Although, according to Blaze, my ass belonged to him.
“Coffee first,” Mom announced.
I looked over at her.
“You might actually be my mother.”
Mom laughed.
“I know how much you like coffee.”
I stopped walking for half a second.
It was such a little thing.
Stupid, really.
But she knew.
I smiled.
“Coffee it is.”
“Thank f**k,” True muttered.
“I need caffeine if we're doing this s**t all day.”
Tootsie looked at h
