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KATYA

I wait until 10 AM to call Adeline, right as I’m walking to work. Growth, if you ask me.

I could’ve called her at 7, when I was still stewing in bed. Or at 8, when I nearly threw my phone across the room. But no—10 AM. That’s self-control.

I choose to walk. Thought it might help. Walking clears my head. Brings a sense of order. Reminds me that I make terrible, terrible decisions.

Still, I st