Sophia slid into the booth beside the kids like nothing was wrong.Like she wasn’t tracking every entrance, every movement, every shadow near the edge of the food court.The kids kept laughing, arguing over pizza toppings and who actually won the race.Normal.Sophia held onto that normalcy tightly.Patrick stayed standing for a moment, pretending to look at the menu screens overhead while he scanned the area again.Dominic sat across from Sophia, but his attention wasn’t fully on the table anymore.It was split.Half on the kids.Half on Kristi.“She’s still there,” Dominic said quietly.Sophia nodded once.“I know.”Kristi hadn’t moved from the edge of the food court.Still in the hoodie.Still watching.Not eating.Not talking.Just… fixed on them.Patrick finally sat down, lowering his voice.“This needs to end tonight.”Sophia glanced at him. “It already started ending.”“No,” Patrick replied quietly. “I mean this level of access.”Dominic leaned forward slightly.“She followed u
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