I pace back and forth in my kitchen, my sock-covered feet making little thumps against the ground. I have the apartment all to myself for the first time in a while. Felix decided earlier to go and grab lunch for us while I rehearsed my vocal exercises and planned out a few days for album signings.

I finished up early and was trying to wait patiently, but Felix had been gone for a while. Also, there was something else on my mind that I wanted to bring up with him.

He wasn’t in ...