“I told my mother about you,” Miles says. “You did?” I’m stunned. For all the promises Miles made to me, this is something different, something concrete and real. He wouldn’t have done that if he wasn’t serious about moving forward with our relationship. “Have you told your mother about me?” Chay says to Ozzy, in her teasing way. She’s only joking—she wouldn’t expect Ozzy to tell his parents about their hook-ups. But Ozzy looks her in the eye, his face serious. “Yes,” he says. “I did.” Chay is taken aback. She’s quiet for a moment, then she says, “What did you tell her?” “I told her I met a
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