These days, I had been busy shuttling between school, the hospital, and Susan's house, and I almost forgot about Damien's existence. He seemed to be very busy recently, and I hadn't seen him for a while.

If it weren't for the flowers that appeared at the door of the house every day, I almost thought he had lost interest in me.

When Damien contacted me, I was at Susan's house playing a jigsaw puzzle game with Olivia and Daniel. "Damien?"

"How have you been, ...