“She was right, you know,” Mia added.
“About what?”
She smiled. “About you.”
I didn’t respond because I didn’t need to.
Because for the first time in a long time… I believed it.
***
The following morning, I woke up and spent some time thinking. Then I picked up my phone and sent a message to the group chat we’ve had for years. “Breakfast next Sunday. All of you. No excuses.”
The replies came in almost instantly: laughing, complaining, greeing — the usual.
I smiled. And for the first time in a long time, I felt like nothing was missing anymore.
