Breakfast was awkward, at least on my end. I didn't say much during the event and opted to remaining quiet to listen in on the conversations going about the table. My mother and father remembered a lot about Ace; almost too much. They talked about the past when I would spend the majority of my free time playing with him in our backyard or in his. One would have thought that we were inseparable at the time but that proved proved have been false because of how easily he left without any notice.
I wasn't bitter about his sudden departure. In fact, I didn't think too much about it. I had other friends and a younger brother who kept me busy throughout my life so the pain of never having to see Ace again slowly disappeared over time. But now that he was back, I was afraid that the feelings he t
