The minivan door slid open loudly, announcing to James that they had arrived at the mall. At first, he thought he might be so lucky to walk through the store, being able to shuffle on his own feet and hide behind his captors as best he could. “Oh, hold on Nancy,” Ellie told her as she began to unbuckle James. “I need to get the stroller ready.”
James felt his heart twinge with fear at the word “stroller”. Turning around best he could, he could see some semblance of a large baby-blue stroller being unfolded and rolled over to his side of the van. With an impish smile, Nancy picked him up and patted his bottom as she sat him in the stroller, buckling it tight around him. “Oh hims did so good staying dry on the way to the mall. Now let’s go inside and you can meet all of your grammies’ friends!”
