INSTEAD of going to the gym about having breakfast we ended up at the bubble tea shop.

"Marla, please put this in the vase." I handed Marla the rose. I saw that she also smelled ‘it’ before combining it with other flowers.

I went back to the seat where Jr. was sitting and then sat across from him.

"Mia," Jr. calls me when I approached him.

"Why?"

"Thanks!" I wondered what he said.

"Thank you for what?"

“Thank you for still being there for me. Thank you for coming back, and thank you for still accepting me as a part of your life.” I smiled at him because of what...