CHAPTER 38
MIAMonday morning, I sat in class with a huge grin on my face. Undergrad might’ve been shitty, but I was glad it’d be ending in a few weeks. Everything seemed to be coming together slowly but surely.
“Mia,” Dr. Xiao said before class ended. “Please come speak with me after class.”
After she dismissed the class, I closed my laptop and stuffed it into my backpack, lingering behind until everyone left the room. I walked up to her desk and smiled.
“Is everything okay?” I asked.
“You’re smiling, dear,” she said, eyes lit with happiness. She placed her laptop into her bag and looked over at me. “You haven’t smiled for this long since I met you.”
My heart warmed, and I nodded. “Everything’s finally… good,” I said. “With my mom and Michael.” I held a hand to my heart, fingers digg
