145

ADELINE

“Where do I put this?” Katya lifts up a heavy-looking stuffed animal, and it takes me a second of squinting to realize what it is. One of the ones I won on that so-called date with Reid. The one to the amusement park with that gorgeous restaurant in it.

I smile and take it from her. “I’ll hold onto it.”

Dinner’s out of the way — which only confirmed Elias really does have some defect in hi