Sevric announces his engagement during a family dinner three years after his grandmother's health crisis, considerable joy evident throughout our gathering despite the news catching everyone slightly by surprise.
"Her name is Aisha," he explains, genuine happiness radiating from his expression. "She's a social worker, specializing in trauma recovery for refugee families. We met through a case referral eighteen months ago."
"You've been dating for eighteen months and never mentioned her?" Margaret asks, genuine surprise evident despite her obvious happiness for her brother.
"I wanted to be certain first," Sevric admits, slight embarrassment coloring his explanation. "Given our family's history, given everything I've witnessed throughout my counseling work, I wanted genuine confidence bef
