CHAPTER 37
MIAThe next morning, I woke up early and tried to get some schoolwork done in the kitchen as Michael slept. I was so close to finishing, and I couldn’t wait to get it over with and start grad school. Undergrad had been s**t for me.
Someone knocked on the door, and I froze in my seat. The last time this had happened, I had been met with an angry ex-wife, who turned into a crazy piece of—
They knocked again, and I glanced down the stairs to see Melissa in the window.
I stared at her for a few moments and gulped. She didn’t know that we were engaged, did she? What would she say when she found out? Was she—
She waved to me through the window and gave me a half-smile. I took a deep breath, ran down the stairs, and opened the door.
“Michael is sleeping,” I said, not sure what el
