Chapter 90

The next two weeks passed like a movie montage for Cassie. She and her mother gradually ate their way through the chocolate hearts, but it wasn’t the only gift Brian sent her. There were flowers and more chocolates from Jonathon and even some tickets for her to fly anywhere in the world with a friend on any Green Aviation plane. Cassie gave the tickets to her parents and encouraged them to take a trip. They’d never done anything spontaneous or as outlandish as an overseas trip in her whole life and she thought it was about time they did. Cassie and her mother had spent more time talking and Cassie kind of came to understand her a bit more. Cassie was a loud and colorful personality and needed the stimulation of her fast-paced job, but her mother was different. There was a quiet confidence about her that Cassie had never noticed or appreciated before. It was nice to actually get to know her mother better and despite her heart being torn to shreds, by the time the two weeks were nearly u