TW: Fat shaming and verbal abuse. Nicole We were in the Ub*r on our way to UMC, to see my mom. I was surprisingly numb. I wasn’t nervous at all, yet. Liam held my hand, his thumb stroked my knuckles. “Have you ever been to Vegas?” I asked him. “No. Looks dry,” he said. I laughed. “Coming from Florida, I bet you are dying. In April, some years it could be a nice eighty degrees, some years over 90. It’s a dry heat. I remember once when I was a teenager there was a high of 101, but that was at the end of April.” “I’m okay. I am glad I packed nothing but tank tops though.” He made me smile. He was so cute. “Are you nervous?” Liam asked. “No, not yet. It’ll probably hit me when I see her. I never know when she’s going to start up on me.” “Well, maybe she’s changed. When

