“We should call our families tonight,” I suggested. I reached over and threaded my fingers with hers, staring at the sparkling ring on her finger. Right now, however, I was mostly focused on the fact that we had six days left to celebrate before going back to our normal, hectic lives. She motivated me, and that was one of the many reasons I’d fallen in love with her. So I was left in the role of pushing forward, forging a new path.

They wanted me to go, to do better, to be better, but that’s all they had to offer. It wasn’t that I didn’t have their support. I was the first to venture outside our family business. It wasn’t what they did, but me… That was not me. No one in my family was in the medical field. She pushed me to do better, and that was a novel experience for me. She was also competitive, always pushing to get the best marks on each test and exam. She liked to tease me with this little sparkle in her eyes. We went into our specialties, but we decided to try again. We dated on and off for that year and the year after, but it was on and off for a reason. When I switched to go to medical school in the States, she was in the same year as me. “What the hell is going on?” Melissa asked. The traffic had frozen, bumper to bumper. That was my last thought as we came to a quick stop in our rental car. The driving distance wasn’t that far, but this time together was special to me.

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