My baby girl giggled as she bobbed on Richy's knee.
‘She likes you!’ I said.
It was September 2021, and when I'd first suggested meeting Richy for coffee, I'd been unsure how it'd go.
Especially as I had my baby, Ariiyah, then 4 months, in tow.
I had a toddler too, Eliijah, then 2, and was a single mum.
Richy wasn't put off, though.
We were old school mates who'd lost touch.
Until he messaged at 4am one day in March 2020, asking why I was up after seeing I was online.
Turned out we both worked nights.
Me as a carer, Richy for a pharmaceutical company.
We'd chatted throughout the pandemic.
But it was
