CELINA'S POV
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Nothing in this life will ever have equal strength than what I have on the inside. I've lost both my parents, I've survived debt and all the times I've cried wishing my mother was with me, or when I had to fix things and wish I had a dad. I've survived lonely nights and countless heartbreaks and illnesses on my own, so why am I so wound up about meeting with Dalia about helping for an event Connect Co is hosting? I haven't felt such an intense wave of discomfort since I had my wisdom teeth removed.
I can get through this, I tell myself as I fix my blouse, and strut into the restaurant on the exact second of the time she made the reservation for, and the second I enter, saying Dalia's name, the matron's eyes widen, her shoulders pulling back, "This way, Ms." She gestured,
