26 Laurel I allowed myself to sit in my apartment and mope after Dillon dropped me off, but after an evening of snuggling with Princess, watching This Is Us, and eating a pint of Chunky Monkey, I decided enough was enough. I’d made a deal and stuck to it, time to move on. So, rather than feel sorry for myself any longer, I decided it was time to put my plan into action. Although, now that I was standing on my parents’ front porch, I found myself missing my earlier bravado. Now, I was terrified. What if they hated my ideas? What if they still thought I was flighty and foolish? What if they said no? I rolled my head back and tilted it from left to right, then stood straight and took a deep breath. Then, I knocked. Yes, I knocked. On my own parents’ front door. People often found th

