I stood frozen in the middle of the boardwalk when I heard his voice, calling out to me. Hold on, why should I let my emotions control me? No, it couldn’t be! I shook my head to wake up from a daze of seeing him again and tried to compose myself. It’s a Miss U moment of grace under pressure, and I persuaded myself to focus on my job and temporarily set aside my personal grudges against the man.

I took a deep breath, worked on my smile, and slowly, I turned around to face him. “I beg pardon for my behavior earlier, you don’t know how surprised I am...