CHAPTER HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE

I breathed in the diner air. Fresh as ever. Jack and I had agreed after multiple scheduling and missed calls to catch up. He’d become a bestfriend too over the years and I missed seeing him a lot. To be honest, it was my fault.

“How’s work with you?” He looked so tired I felt prompted to tease him but I was no better.

“Ugh! No one told me this would happen! I thought I’d work and get paid.” He groaned.

“Isn’t that what is happening?”

“Not really. I leave work and still have work. I can barely eat man. My fridge has been empty for almost a week now.” I started laughing.

“Trust me, I know how that feels.” I relaxed against my chair and looked around. I wasn’t one to notice faces around Joe’s but it was clear that they were new around here, freshers maybe. The nostalgic feeling hit hard and it’d barely been months.

I took a large slurp of my strawberry milkshake, remembering how young I was back then.

“How’s the wedding planning going?” That question wasn’t supposed to catch me off guard