What would have made that afternoon just a little better was one of Derrick's sarcastic, unnecessary observations.
Something dry, something annoyingly true, the kind that always cracked a reluctant smile out of me.
But Derrick wasn't around. Another meeting. Another long day.
I sighed, pulling my phone out of my pocket and staring at my wallpaper, Val's face filling the screen, sunlight caught in her hair, smiling like she always did whenever she caught me taking a picture of her without warning.
That smile had been the background of my phone for months.
It still made something in my chest ache.
My phone buzzed in my hand before I could even lock it again.
Incoming video call — The Love Of My Life ❤️❤️ Celestia Valentina Moreau
I hesitated for a second before swiping to answer.
