I hear a door open somewhere I can’t see, I hear footsteps on the linoleum, and suddenly, I’m suffused with huge amounts of confidence. Optimism. Because this is baby Zenny, baby Zenny who likes Jurassic Park and who brought me a book once just so I wouldn’t be bored. This is the same baby Zenny I had to push in the swings at the park and guard my popcorn from during family movie nights. This is my best friend’s little sister, and this is going to be so easy. She’ll see her old friend Sean and realize that this was all a misunderstanding, a simple mix-up, and then she’ll step aside and let me
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