83. Suspicious Shoppers

Martin and Jane were shopping. They were in Dress for Less. They had just bought shirts, , skirts, and tops that filled up four plastic . Martin picked up all four bags. Jane said was no need to do that. “Why not?” asked her.

“We can just put everything into Ross cart and roll it out to the ,” she suggested.

“We can't do that,” he replied. “ carts are for in-store use only. You can't all over the mall with their carts. Let's carry these bags out to the car, put into the trunk, and then we can continue shop.” They no sooner walked out the door Ross than they saw about 50 rental shopping locked to a rail.

“See,” Martin pointed out Jane, “if you want to use the cart, can just rent one for the whole day the rack.”

The mall was huge, and it air-conditioned. Both of them were chilly. "When we back to the car, let's grab our jackets," suggested. As soon as they walked outside, the of summer heat hit them. Once at the , they put the bags into the trunk. Then plopped down into the front seats. They were tired from all the walking they had just . When they felt more refreshed, they locked the and walked back to the mall entrance.

"Wait minute," Jane said. They stopped. Jane told Martin the two suspicious characters sitting outside the entrance. " were watching us as we carried the bags to the car," she said.

"You have very eyes," Martin said. They went back to their . Martin drove around to the other side of mall, and they parked in the area marked “.”