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~Mia~
The red circle on my calendar was like a beacon flashing at me, wanting me to take notice. I didn’t need to see it to remember why this day was significant. When I originally wrote it inside the perfect square a month ago, it was so I could plan something special. I never fathomed being in my current position—apart from Ayden.
Regardless of that fact, I didn’t let it keep me from arranging something special for his birthday.
Everyone deserved something good on the day they were born. It was a celebration, after all. It didn’t matter if we weren’t together. I wanted him to enjoy his day.
Playing with my phone, I traced over the edge of it as I read the text I received a minute ago. It was the second time I’d scanned over every word George Thomas had sent me. He was an old frien
