Chapter 74

AURORA. As Nathaniel and I left the restaurant, he kindly offered to drive me back home. I accepted his offer, because how could I not? If it would give me more time to spend in his company, I would gladly drive around the world with him. The cool evening breeze gently pulled at my hair through the open window and I closed my eyes, smiling genuinely for the first time in a long time. It felt like everything in my life was finally coming together and all I had to do was sit back and let it unfold. Dinner with Nathaniel and his sister had been amazing and it made me realize that other than Lola and Justin, I didn’t have many friends to hang out with. It was nice to get to know other people. Nathaniel’s deep baritone broke the peaceful silence. “Aurora, there's something I thought I should let you know. I'll be leaving on a business trip to Japan the day after tomorrow. Fukushima, to be precise.” “Oh,” I said, weirdly concerned about how sad those words made me. “How long will you be