Lucas
I should have left.
That would've been the smart thing to do.
Finish my coffee.
Wish Amy luck.
Walk out of Willow & Bean.
Return to my carefully managed life.
Simple.
Instead...
I stayed.
Because leaving suddenly felt impossible.
Because thirty minutes with Amy never felt like enough anymore.
The realization should have concerned me.
It did.
Just not enough.
Amy wrapped both hands around her coffee cup.
Watching rain slide down the café windows.
"I used to think adults had everything figured out."
I smiled.
"A dangerous assumption."
"I know that now."
"Good."
Amy laughed.
"You sound very confident about that."
"I've met adults."
"That's fair."
The conversation flowed easily.
The way it always seemed to.
No awkward silences.
No pressure.
No need to impres
