Angela and Gabby spent the whole day buying balloons, decorations, gifts, and Mika's dress for the party. Gabby went all out despite only having about fifteen guests for the late afternoon celebration.
Gabby bought a couple of collections of warm clothes for Mika from different high-end stores. She said the girl didn't go shopping even though J gave her allowance every month. Mika believed there was no point in wearing nice clothes when she didn't go out so much. The young girl had low self-esteem because of her life-limiting condition, so Gabby always tried to encourage her to live her life more.
While they went shopping around, Angela couldn't help but worry about Gael and J. She already knew the reason why Gael didn't want J to come back to New York at the moment, and she understood how he wanted to keep him safe, which was why not knowing what they were doing made her feel nervous. Did she always have to feel this way every time from now on?
