It was the fall of my senior year in high school, and the weather had gotten chilly.

Felix White’s uncles, Duncan White and Eugene White, had brought their families over for a visit, and my family joined them. His family members and mine added up to about 20 people, and we were all gathered at his house for a meal.

With the help of alcohol, the atmosphere that night had become rather lively.

Since there were so many people present that day, the men were all seated at one table for drinks while the women were seated together to chat.

Everyone was chatting excitedly, and it was an extremely joyous day.

Somehow, the conversation had shifted to talk about me and Felix.

This happened every single time our families gathered together. It was quite awkward at first, but it happened so often that I had gotten used to it. It didn’t faze me anymore.

They could say whatever they liked. It wasn’t as if I could do anything about it.

and I called her Aunt

a shrimp as she said, “Time really does fly. The children are all grown up

immature. I’m worried about letting her live on her own if she goes

solution for that! We’ll just let Lulu and Felix enroll in the same college! Felix will take good care of Lulu!” Aunt

college plans had been settled. I was right there with

master’s degree in fine

and we grew up together. As such, I always thought that we had a

since I could walk on my own,

I could speak, the word that I

since I understood what love was, he took root in

I liked him—a lot.

same college as him. From a young age, I had been practicing watercolor painting. I didn’t mind which college

fine with letting our mothers make a decision that pleased them

if a love between two people

that during the nights when my mind was consumed by

that I thought he would be the

next to Aunt Mel while Felix sat behind me at the men’s table. Felix and I had our backs to each other. Our mothers weren’t exactly quiet,

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