as still wide awake, looking like h

se other than Hailey. Just the thou

d to her? Why did she hav

backlash from her family

the desire to

et out a

been waiting for her

who occupied his mind for years. It was surprising, to say

r he did something wrong. Until now, he didn't know the reason why she paid so much attention to him. Perhaps it was just her strict a

k in the past, he used to get frustrated that she treated him like

ves changed. When he saw her durin

began t

started to fall

ddenly heard the sound of an alarm coming from his

ing for years to

. he wasn

ven be happ

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lf from thinking about Hailey. There was a fluttering in his heart at the thought of

issed her so much, but seeing how unexpected her ch

emember him? They had, after all, only met when they

e adults in t

ley didn't remember him, that he actually didn't have that much impac

tons of his shirt before slowly taking out th

e than fourteen years old now. He took care of it throughout the years, never allowing it to rust

the time, and it was as if Hailey was watching over him t

time to ret

at belonged to H

was now named

ling her by another name other than Hailey. To

le Pa

ore grabbing his phone from th

to him in an instant. Now, the name 'Hailey' stared back at

felt this nervo

for a moment before ev

eart pounding in his chest, and the hammering

clicking sou

el

eath caught

ep, mature, but

wly. "Is this Hailey

rtly said, "I'm sorry, but I'm afraid

rt stopped. "

om the other end of the line.

, feeling the anxiety build up

.No

th that he hadn't real

kname brought back

it's me. It

ly you? Oh my god, it's been so long! How-How did you know my number? How h

features softened. "You can tell me eve

o, Michael. I'm... Okay, I'm really, really glad

ezel's Café? You know where that is,

ekends, Michael. I can spare some time next

I just want to

Hailey. "That... That would b

e my number

hear from you again, No

t his heart

ferent feeling when

his seat, feeling a fluttering in his st

ed it for

n love with Ha