Valentina's hands were filled with shopping bags as she hurriedly led Chloe towards the car.
"Mafée, get the keys out of my purse please," she said to Chloe who was holding her purse
Chloe was only too glad to pull out the keys. She even took it a step further, and pressed the buttons on the remote key.
"Excellent!" Valentina cheered her on.
In a split second, she was shoving her into the backseat of the car together with the shopping bags.
She jumped into the driver's seat, and started the car immediately.
Her phone, which had been buzzing nonstop ever since they left the boutique, began to ring again.
"Hey Julien," she answered, trying and failing to hide the panic in her voice, as her head turned around in search for the perfect exit.
"You sound flustered. Are you good? Is Chloe being naughty?"
From the mirror, she looked at Chloe at the backseat who was now focused on her iPad with headphones covering her ears.
