After the call with Sophia ended, I stared at my phone screen for a few more seconds and while at it, the corners of my lips tugged upward until a full-blown grin spread across my face.
She finally did it, I thought to myself, still smiling. She really did it.
This woman called my friend had finally gave in to that fine specimen of a man and let herself feel something again. And from the breathlessness in her voice as she spoke to me, I knew it wasn’t just feelings she let in, it was commitment in its full and glorious form.
I threw my phone on the couch beside me and relaxed back on it, the soft cushion molding into my spine as I hugged my knees.
Relief spread through me like warm cocoa on a cold night as I thought about the phone call I had with her.
For weeks now, I’d been pre
