Startled, Larissa almost dropped the shopping bag she was holding.

"Why are you following us?" she demanded, her eyes wide. Larissa raised her voice intentionally to mask the guilt she felt with anger.

"Huh?" In response to her question, Dylan expressed an appropriate amount of astonishment.

Aggrieved, he explained himself, "I'm not following you. I have a friend who lives in this apartment complex, and I'm going to his place for dinner."

Larissa exposed his lie with a straight face. "Ar