JOJO:

The coming days went by in quite a blur for me. I spent most of my free time with Ashley, or on a call with Mel and Valerie. I had made it my point of duty to reach out to them, even if it was for only ten minutes, every day. 

I was not going to repeat the same mistake I made the last time. The mistake of letting them be on their own while I lived the next thing to my best life over here. Ashley had also advised me to look towards opening a bank account, so Bentley could ...