Stephanie walked around the grocery shop without purpose, not seeing anything she’d like to buy. She had just left the house for air.

She received a text from her mom. “Darling! wink emoji”

Whenever her mom did it, there was premium gossip coming or something unusual had happened.

Last time it happened was when she was in high school and some boy had claimed to be her boyfriend.

Her mother had been flustered, but then the boy left before she returned, so she had been quite disappointed. He left saying it was an accident.

Stephanie smiled at the memories. Her dad had said he wished he saw the boy and...