Malika had been staying at Channing’s for a week and she’d fallen into a natural, steady rhythm with him. They were in sync again. He would get up in the morning and set out breakfast for her, placing a yellow sticky note with a smiley face or heart near her plate. She continued looking for jobs, spending the days on LinkedIn and the career sections of …
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