“What’s wrong?” I asked aloud.

“Mike said he would announce our relationship at my birthday party, but in the end He didn’t! I’m still stuck in this vague, undefined position,” Sophia said, her voice laced with frustration.

I comforted her with a few words and arranged a time to meet her.

Zachary had been right to make me leave early yesterday. otherwise, I might’ve ended up caught in the middle of this mess.

Sophia sent me ...