Mia

　　New York

　　Closing the message, I set my phone aside, my thoughts consumed by the complex web of emotions that had been awakened. I stared at the ceiling, wrestling with the unresolved issues from my past, all while lying just inches away from the man who had unexpectedly become a part of my present.

　　I was roused from my sleep by the bright morning sunlight streaming into the room, warming my face. Something heavy was covering my left eye, and when ...