Kiara POV:

Life has a funny way of fooling you into thinking you've walked in a straight line, only to circle you back to where you started. One week. That's how long it had been since I came back. Three days since the medical ward released me, their diagnostics said I was fit to re-enter my everyday life. And just like that, it was as if I had never left.

My mornings were as uproarious as ever. Rex, JJ, and I had resumed our relentless banter that would often escalate into ...