I truly had lost Reese’s phone number, so I sent her a quick email later that afternoon when I woke from a restless nap. My nerves were on fire from waiting for a reply not to mention the inconsistent sleep schedule I forced upon myself for financial gain. Maybe a walk will help, I thought and then chuckled. My last decision to take a walk had led to my current predicament.
I decided to take a trek downtown, seeing an advert for a coffee shop/tea lounge that hadn’t been there when I was in high school. It wasn’t too far from my neighborhood and the air smelled clean, the rain having ceased, leaving the fresh scents of wet earth heavy in the air. I checked my emails again, sighing in defeat when I had no message from Reese.
The storefront was modern, and I could tell the owners must have
