Nick was an overthinker and a slow decision maker. He was cautious, smart, and he took calculated steps to make sure everything goes right. This is why he never liked surprises. Surprises were the exact opposite of everything he was—they cannot be planned for, and there is no choice but to be in the moment and act impulsively. The very thought of surprises made Nick sweat and anxiously try to fix his hair and glasses every now and then.
The past few days, however, Nick had been trying to ready himself for not just one, but two surprises. The first one was expected to come from his parents. He could only imagine what they might resort to doing. Nick tried to find comfort in the facts that no one he knew now seem to be connected to his parents, and that they don’t have anything to hold over
