You take too long to decide.

After taking a long time to think about the offer, Lynn rolls her eyes and sighs, "Gawd! You have to act like such a goody goody all the time? I know you want to see what's going on."

"Are you reading my mind?" you ask defensively.

Lynn gives you a deadpan stare. "Any idiot would be curious as to what his girlfriend and mother were talking about behind his back."

"Wait, Amina's not my..."

"Whatever," Lynn cuts in with the flick of her hand. "Close enough." Lynn taps on the computer monitor and the screen blinks into what appears to be closed circuit video at a boutique store. You recognize Amina and your mom there. They seem to be in the middle of the conversation and you crane in to try and hear. "Need some audio?" Lynn offers.

You sit up again and raise your eyebrow at her with curiosity. "Why are you doing this?" you ask.

Lynn is taken aback by your suspicion and makes her best 'insulted' face. "Why? I thought we were friends, Riley! I was only trying to help you out here. Who knows what kind of troublesome secrets Amina could spill about you two to your mom? Do you really want to have to sit through a lecture about that stuff? How does your mom punish a promiscuous child anyways?"

"You weren't too good of a friend to not steal my magic pendant off me, were you?"

Lynn frowned and folds her arms together. She leans herself back on the table and looks at you with sad eyes. "Riley, I did you a favor. trust me. You with all this magic? It would have consumed you whole. You would have lost yourself to its power and then Amina would be off looking for some other sucker to pawn it off on."

You give Lynn another curious look and ask, "What are you talking about?"

Lynn points to you and says, "The other day? In class? You made had this thought after you first introduced me to Amina..." She quotes to your words you only thought in your head, "'Oh if she only knew what the two of you have been up to'... Well, in that instance, a flood of memories filled my head. Memories of you. Memories of Amina." She looks you square in the eye and asks, "Aren't you curious what I know about Amina?"

The question gives you pause. You really don't know anything about Amina's past. You only know that she was being chased for the magic pendant. Was that the previous owner? How did she get it off him in the first place? Was it strange that you never really questioned how you happened upon her out of nowhere? Was it all by chance or was there something more calculated going on? Lynn smiles as she knows she has your attention.