MICHAEL
Shopping for myself was a new experience. Ash wanted me to try coconut water and other dietary changes to help with hydration and nutrition overall. I was browsing the shelves looking for coconut water when a scent hit me like a brick wall. I stopped, inhaling deeply; it couldn’t be.
“It has to be,” Eros replied, bounding around like an excited puppy. I put the water in my hand basket and turned to look down the aisle. She was standing there with a total look of shock that had to have matched mine.
“Michael?” she exclaimed, a huge grin spreading across her face.
“Oh my Goddess, it is you! Nic?” I closed the distance in a few strides, dropping my basket and pulling her into a rib-cracking hug, her feet now dangling off the ground.
“I missed you too, but you’re hurting me, hun
