Lee-Lee walked up to
the lady and extended her hand. “In that
case, let me introduce myself. My name
is Elysie Blake, but everybody calls me Lee-Lee.” She pointed to Monica. “That’s Monica, my roommate. We live in 6B. Those two are Jocasta and Neveyah. They live in 6C.”
The lady didn’t extend
her hand and Lee-Lee stared at her. “Your
name is…?”
She smoothed her hair and
glanced at the movers, who were finishing up.
Her ring caught the light and the stone sparkled like a diamond. “I suppose I could offer my name.”
“It’d be nice,” Monica
said, trying to keep the sarcasm out of her voice and failing. “We do live on the same floor.”
