Chapter 109

"Sophia, come home with me," I had said. I wanted to take Sophie home because I hadn't wanted to spend my birthday alone, and I certainly hadn't wanted her to spend it with someone else. When Sophia had seen me standing there, she had smiled brightly, and her words had been deeply cutting. "Joshua, you're here. Do you want to come in and join us?" I had seen a man behind her, shirtless, with only a towel wrapped around his waist. He had looked toward the doorway with a confused expression. "Sophia, who is he?" "The delivery guy," Sophia had replied, chuckling, before shoving me away and slamming the door shut. The sound of the door slamming shut had been deafening like the sound of my heart breaking. … I snapped back to reality, clenching my phone tightly. I had two, maybe three months left to live. This birthday should be my last. After composing myself, I went downstairs. It was already past 8:00 am. As I was finishing breakfast and preparing to go out to buy some toys fo