Mira told him everything. This wasn’t the first time Mira and Kalmin met. It happened in high school the one summer that changed how Mira looked at her graduation year. How Mira looked at everything regarding her father. That day of summertime introspections, bike rides, beaches and cookie dough.
“He taught me ‘excel out of spite’, my motto,” she explained. “And I thanked him by kissing him because you know how I was in high school.”
“That does sound like sixteen year old Mira,” Gabriel commented. He chuckled. “What a small world.”
“It is,” Mira murmured. “I’m…just worried it might just be summer playing with me.”
Gabriel frowned. “What do you mean?”
“Summer always f***s with the mind. Real life doesn’t exist, it’s a temporary break. What if what Kalmin’s feeling is just infatuatio
