B R U C E
I feel a pang of sadness at how excited she is at just having dinner and watching a movie with me, something so simple.
Pulling out a chair, I motion for her to sit down, and I follow suit.
“What are your plans, Sophie?”
“I’m not sure, to be honest with you. I’d planned to come back and go to college, follow in my mother's footsteps, but I’m not so sure anymore.”
“Why not?” I ask, taking a bite of the pork Lily made.
I couldn't see soft Sophie as a lawyer. Sure, she was full of passion and life, but it would be wasted on something like law.
“I was only doing it to get close to my mom. I’m starting to think what I really wanted was a family, and I thought going into law would give me that.”
A bark of laughter escapes me at her words, but when I look up at her face, I see
