I clenched my fists as my stomach, already in knots over the concept of running into Ricky again, nearly leapt out of my throat at the reality. But then I looked up at Nia—my best friend in the whole world, my soul sister, and the expression on her face almost turned me into a puddle. Nia looked . . . happy. Not that Nia didn’t always look happy, but these days she seemed to carry a load on her shoulders that I hadn’t been able to define (Stress from her job tutoring high school English? Typical millennial angst?) but looking at Shae seemed to lift that burden right off. It was as if she were
...more
