“I can’t thank you enough. You and your friends are lifesavers,” Jill held her mug in both hands as she sipped her coffee. “Sarah is such a sweetie. How long have you been friends?”
“I’m so not telling her you said that. She’s arrogant enough.” Alex shook her head and smiled. “We met our freshman year in college.” Alex squinted and looked toward the ceiling as she did the math in her head. “Means we’ve been friends for fifteen years. Damn, that makes me feel old.”
“How did you meet?” Jill blew on her coffee before taking another sip.
“Do you really want to hear all the boring details?” Alex smiled as she remembered the day.
“Every last one.”
“You asked for it,” Alex said and launched into the story.
She earned a full academic scholarship to the University of Michigan and was thrille
