I nodded, glancing at the mall's sign. "I'm at the Fortune Center. What's up?"
"Did you forget about the family banquet tonight?" His voice came over the phone, tinged with a weary fondness. "Stay put. I'll come get you."
He had mentioned the banquet before, and I’d meant to remember, but the past few days had been consumed with trying to contact the black market, and it had completely slipped my
















