NINA'S POV
Go to school, come back, have everyone stare at me like I was a freak.
The cycle of my life was in a rigid flow.
"Mr. Jefferson decided to give us a pop quiz today." I scrunched my nose, remembering the absolute garbage I wrote. “I probably failed. My grades are tanking.”
I smiled softly, adjusting the flowers. “I bet if you were here, Dad, you’d be talking my ear off.”
I cleared my throat and deepened my voice. “Do you wanna be a dropout junkie, kiddo?”
Chuckling to myself, I shook my head. “News flash, Dad… no one plans for things to go sideways. Life just... happens.”
The lilies sat perfectly in the vase as I poured in fresh water.
“Enough about that. Something weird happened today.”
I ran my fingers over the cold stone.
“A guy in class asked for a pen, but t
