A Second Shot at Love — Episode 2

My buddy's been chatting with her the whole year. Mia froze for a second. She chatted with him for a whole year and never figured it out? She never stops to question it.

My phone vibrated right then. That alternate account that had chatted with me every day sent a new message. So all those babe messages every night for the past year had never come from him, who had really been talking to me.

I got into my car and pulled up our chat history. From the very start, this account barely replied to me. Sometimes he would read my messages and leave them unanswered for days. I told myself Chase was just exhausted. He had never been big on replying to texts. Still, I kept reaching out to him time after time. Then one night, I sent a message. An hour later, he wrote

everything shifted from that night onward. He was like a different person. He started checking in on my daily life. He was even the first one to wish me a happy birthday.

Happy birthday. Hope you'll always be happy, Claire.