FREYA "I'm not usually that mean, but he gave me such an ick!" Mia groans, and I start laughing. "I understand. I'd have done the same, to be honest." I chuckle again as I recall the story she just told me. She is a lot of fun to be around and has a bright personality. We've been on the phone for nearly an hour. After the first few minutes of discomfort, which she eliminated with a self-deprecating remark, our chat rapidly transformed into a combination of high-pitched laughing and wild stories from our high school years. To be honest, I didn't anticipate to find it so easy to chat to her. I expected a brief, formal talk that would set the tone for the rest of our time together, but this is the most relaxed I've felt in someone's presence since Cassie. Mia is conversational, amusing,

