I didn’t throw his bag down the stairs or confront him in tears.

I opened a new tab instead.

Seat 7C was still available.

I bought it with my own card, closed the laptop, and started dinner.

My name is Adaora Ferro.

I am a home designer; I built my studio from nothing over ten years, one client and one late night at a time, and if that work taught me anything, it taught me that you do not renovate a house by kicking down the first wall you see.