From The Hood With Love 2 by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter Eight

Needing a day to herself and some fresh air, Loriana decided to go to the mall. Spending money on clothes and shoes had been her form of therapy lately. It seemed like every other day; a box was getting delivered to the house with her name on it. Coping the only way she knew how for now, Loriana tossed another pair of lounge shorts over her arm. Summer was in full effect, and she needed to re-up on certain things. Specifically, shorts, tank tops, dresses, and sandals, just to name a few things. Anything else that caught her eye was added as well.

“Ooh. This is cute,” she said, holding up a white crop top that laced up in the front.

Moving through the sale rack in H&M , Loriana looked down at the pile in her arm, then up toward the front of the store. The line was sort of long for a Sunday, but she should’ve expected that. It was a few days before the Fourth of July, and people were rushing to get outfits. While some parties were thrown over the weekend, many people were still hosting events on the day of in a few days. When she and another customer reached for the same item, she pulled her hand back and looked up.

“Oh. My fault, go ahead,” she said.

“Loriana? Hey, girl. I thought that was you.”

She looked at the girl’s face and gave her a smile. “Hey, Candace. How are you?”

“I’m good, girl. Just trying to get me an outfit together. How’s your summer been going since we graduated?”

Candace, a high school classmate of hers, hadn’t noticed that Loriana hadn’t even attended the graduation. Loriana didn’t expect her to know that she was having one of the most life-altering times of her life, so she gave a blasé answer. Her summer was shitty outside of her newfound love life.

“It’s going good.”

“That’s what’s up. I don’t know if you saw my message on Facebook, but when I heard your mom passed, I reached out. Was just sending you my thoughts, prayers, and virtual hugs,” she spoke sincerely.

She swallowed hard. “Thank you. I had a bunch of messages, so I probably missed it.”

“That’s okay. You’re still in my prayers.”

Loriana nodded, and another classmate of theirs named, Trell, walked up. Flamboyantly, he switched over to them, making a smile easily appear on Loriana’s face. His tight tank top showed off his abs with a pierced belly, while low-rise capri jeans covered his long legs. A big black purse sat in the crook of his arm.

“Hey, Loriana, honey. What y’all over here talking about?”

She grinned. “Hey, Trell.”

“Nothing. Just catching up. You good?” Candace asked.

Trell’s lips tooted out. “Mhm. My shit didn’t have any buzzers.”

Trell was a known booster and thief. You couldn’t take long to blink around him, or something would end up missing. It didn’t matter where he was or who he was with; if he could stuff it in his purse, it was his for the taking.

“Right. Loriana, you got plans for the fourth?”

She shook her head no.

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