[This chapter is dedicated to Erin_Glaser. Thank you for sending your power stones to our story.]
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Jess strolled along the line of the high-end boutiques of the shopping strip as she waited for Luke. She was a bit early for their meeting time but because it was the weekend, there were more people than usual in the area.
She doesn't like walking around in such crowded places but she does not want to get inside one of the stores since shopping is something that she would never enjoy doing. She glanced at her phone and saw that there is still ten minutes before their agreed hour. She looked around and tried to spot a place where she could wait for Luke and found none.
