“Willow.” Leo hurries after me as I rush toward the door.
“Aw!” Professor Malino utters a low grunt as I bump into her.
“Sorry, professor.”
“Are you okay?”
“I’m okay. It’s just that, I just saw, I just saw...”
"You saw Leo?"
I nod.
“Come with me to my office, you can come back later.”
I realize that she doesn't understand why I screamed, and I decide not to tell her.
We leave the lab, and take a 15-minute walk to her office.
She asks me about my presentation, and I tell her it’s a surprise. She smiles, and she ends up talking about her family and how supportive his husband and kids are.
“Although my babies are not kids anymore.” She beams. I smile back, wishing that she was my mom, but I quickly get rid of the thought. My mom might be a lot, but she raised me.
I wal
