POV Mia

Leah told me Rina was in town, and so were Camilla and Brian. All three had been hired by Konami for their booth, so their event had started a few days earlier. Leah and I went down to the Javits…

I woke up at the sound of the front door closing. Looked at my watch. A few minutes past six. Hellishly early. Sunlight crept in under the bedroom door. Enough to see the room. Leah facedown, snoring softly as she…

I woke when Leah got up. She left the door slightly open, and the morning light hit my face. I looked around the room and saw Dan sleeping on the other side. I ran the scene from last night through…

Leah came into the bedroom looking worried. Not Leah worried, where she’d already solved the problem and was informing me what I needed to do about it. Actually worried. “Can you get dressed?” I was in bed, scrolling on my…

I woke to an empty bed, but I could hear the shower running. When I wandered out to brush my teeth, breakfast was already on the table. Nice. The bathroom was so full of steam it felt more like a…

I woke up in my old bed with Leah beside me and realized you can’t sleep in the same bed twice. My neck hurt. I felt stiff. I used to be very comfortable in this bed. I rolled out of…

I woke up to birds chirping. It was early, but I had to pee, so I got up. A little light was seeping around the curtains, and I wondered what birds were making all that noise. I peeked outside. The…

Lucky for me, breakfast opened at seven, and I got my pancakes before the car showed up. Leah was already on her laptop. Rina had been busy, and Leah was deep in work mode. I decided to stay out of…

Mia’s on her way home after packing with Dan. Leah checks in — then the subject changes.

My days started falling into a somewhat stable rhythm. I got up at seven for breakfast with the crew, showered, then went into the desk room. I looked for jobs, sent applications, filled in whatever extra information companies asked for,…