Chapter 48

“Yeah, but that’s ancient history I hardly remember much about it, just heard bits and pieces from my family.”

Marian was an open book when it came to her background, talking about it with an easy breezy attitude as if it were someone else’s tale. There wasn’t a trace of sadness on her face Sophia could tell she was living the good life with her current family.

Sophia was kinda digging her vibe and her no-BS personality.

She cracked a smile, “It’s totally normal to forget. I barely remember my kiddie days myself”

“Right?” Marian chuckled along. “Those days are ages ago. Who keeps track of all that stuff?”

“But have you ever,” Sophia hesitated, then looked at her, “ever thought about finding your biological parents?”

“Why bother?” Marian shot her a curious look, “My folks and my family are awesome to me. They treat me like their own, and I see them as my family. We’re already a family, so why go stirring the pot? What if I find them and then have to deal with the drama of whether to go back or not? Would I make my parents sad if I left? Better to let sleeping dogs lie. And, if they really cared, they would’ve looked for me by now I’ve been around for years and nobody’s come looking. My parents told me they adopted me after no one came forward when the police couldn’t find any missing person report or claim for me, Marian added.

Sophia didn’t jump in with a comeback, it wasn’t her place to judge, not walking in Marian’s shoes.

Marian wasn’t too hung up on the topic either. She whipped out her phone and fired up WhatsApp, “Let’s swap WhatsApp contacts.”

In the middle of the chat, she had the QR scanner up and handed her phone to Sophia, “I’ll scan you, okay?”

Sophia hesitated, then nodded, “Sure.”

She pulled out her phone, opened WhatsApp, and handed over her QR code.

Marian quickly scanned Sophia’s WhatsApp.

Sophia glanced at her phone and sure enough, there was Marian, using her own pic for her profile – a sunny, playful selfie that was easy to spot

Sophia hit ‘accept

sticking out tongue’ emoji, then looked at Sophia, “Let’s keep in

with a smile,

awkwardly stuck out her tongue before saying to Sophia, I’ll let you get back to it then. I’m

and nodded, watching her walk

off and turned to Sophia, You know, you don’t have to add

and casually picked up her phone from the table, “Nah, it’s cool. Adding folks on WhatsApp is all fun and games at first, but most of them end up like zombies in your contacts list. Give it some time, and you

at her, offering no argument, “Let’s

he

on the same day and lived in the same apartment complex but usually did their own

she couldn’t help

Ivan was like Brandon- not the warm and fuzzy

at Dempsey Architects The higher ups really liked

Chapter 48

decided yet.” That was the truth; she hadn’t had the chance to think it over

you know?” she

happen to know their person in charge and heard them mention

surprised, “Don? You

nodded, “Yeah,

“Small world, huh? Seems

couldn’t resist giving an example, “Like Marian just now, she

chuckled, “It’s a

pretty solid platform. It’d be great for your real-world experience while studying and

Ivan’s expertise and judgment. She smiled

feel uncomfortable. He hadn’t planned on arriving early, just timed it with Sophia’s class end. Yet, he

had seen Ivan’s gaze on Sophia before, in a photo Patricia sent the day Sophia left.

had no right to

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