arrive at the mall

As they drove Janice and Marie didn't speak to each other. Marie was content humming along with her soft rock radio station. Janice just huffed and sighed occasionally. How long was she going to have to do this for? The judge said six years but there had to be a way around that! She wallowed in self pity, imagining what her friends in the city were up to. She wished she could go be with them!

A few minutes later, they arrived at the mall. Marie got out of the car, grasping her purse. She went around and opened Janice's door. For a moment Janice considered refusing to leave the car, but knew that would go nowhere. So, with another pained sigh, Marie got out of the car. Smoothing out her skirt she followed Marie to the mall.

They entered the air conditioned, cool lobby. There were hundreds of people going about their day. God, how could a mall be this active, Janice wondered. Well, chalk it up to how little there was to do in this shit town. She grumbled and followed her mother.

"So, where are we going shopping?" Janice asked as her mother stopped to look at the map of the mall...