The Lily Underground

4. Mimi

"So Miya when will you be back again?" Jasmin asked while I stood at the front door about to leave.

It was tuesday today and since I had promised Jane, who had been Luca's fiance that we would go to a night club tomorrow and I would also have to train early in the morning, I would only be able to take a shift  friday, since I had a match on thursday

"I'll try and see if I can come friday" I said, making a I'm sorry I can't be there before friday face - "that's just fine Miya I know you do everything you can for the children, see you on friday and take care" she said smiling.

Stepping out the bell rang again and I was met with cold air from the outside. The sun had already gone down and the chilly weather from the winter was hard to ignore. Winter is my favorite season, you get to wear many layers of clothing and that's just comfortable.

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Going to a club is not something I do much at all, but Jane had for a very long time begged me to come with her. She has this weird agenda, where she wants me to meet guys and to be honest guys are the last 'thing' I have on my mind. Plus it had been really hard for me to find some spare time in my calendar to actually use it to go clubbing so this had been planned for a few weeks now - I couldn't just cancel, Jane would kill me.

Jane herself after the loss of Luca hasn't dated anyone either, those two were soulmates. One month before Luca died he had proposed to Jane - she still wears the ring but in a chain as a necklace, to always have him close to her. I told her that she needed to let go to accept what had happened and for Luca's sake move on, even though it tore her soul a part - it's just Luca would have wanted her to let go and move on with her life - for her to be happy. All of this clubbing was to numb the pain, not to cope with it.

Walking in to my apartment building I finally escaped the cold  weather it was as if the cold was pinching my cheeks when the warmth of the building surrounded me.

My apartment consists of one bedroom, one bathroom, and one kitchen, between the bedroom and kitchen I was able to fit a couch it's not really what you would define as a living room because of how small it is but that's what i use it for.

Stepping into my apartment my stomach immediately growls. I have always loved making food, I never eat out, I'm just skilled when it comes to making food and since that's the case why would I pay anyone to make it if I can make it better myself?

It had been a long day and being so busy at ChildCare I had forgotten to eat lunch. Making a simple dish with loads of protein would be the best way to go after such a long day, so I made a  salat with chicken breast and of course let's not forget about the carbs so I made some rice as well - simple but it does the trick while also being delicious.

After eating my food I turned on my 27inch television it's tiny I know but I actually don't watch tv a lot I find it quite boring. To my luck or maybe not so much there was an action movie on a random channel. The movie was super low budget and sadly the fighting scenes were horrible, like this main character would have died a 100 times by now in real life, I thought to myself while munching on some carrots I had cut out as a late snack. Not long after i dozed off.

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Waking up at 9am (I refuse to wake up earlier) I made my cup of coffee and then went straight to the gym. I usually do about 20min of cardio just to heat up my body, on days where I focus on strength training.

Cardio is important yes but I also want to focus on training my strength and if I spend all my energy on doing too much cardio today I won't be able to effectively train my muscles. - Today was a workout day with focus being on my strength.

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Zack POV

When dad told us he had finally found Miya, I had no idea how to react. Being the oldest one of my siblings, I remember more about her than my brothers do.

I was twelve when Miya left together with our mom I used to call her 'Mimi' - I don't know if she remembers tho, and I'm also questioning the kind of woman she has grown up to be. It worries me that the 'Mimi' I used to know may not exist anymore, and if that is the case then who is she now?