Moving out of home, and into her first apartment, doesn’t quite go as Jaden had expected it to.
After getting to the bottom of the ‘Mix-Up’ (see: a flaky Landlady), Jaden and Riley must decide whether or not they’re willing to share apartment 18.
Having decided they’re going to make this unlikely-roommate situation work, Jaden and Riley take some time to unpack, and get to know each other.
Out of the goodness of her heart, Jaden agrees to fill in a shift for a sick co-worker. The nightclub Yonique is hosting a novelty night that seems to attract the wrong kind of attention.
Jaden’s night takes a sharp turn for the worse after denying several men entry into the club. Luckily her trusty team is there to back her up when push comes to shove.
Jaden is visibly shaken by the night’s events, which makes for a tense ride home. Parniya and Shez try to make the best of the situation.
Jaden does her best to put the events of the night before behind her, and focus on settling in with her new roommate, Riley.
After a morning of many emotions, Riley and Jaden are eager to embrace the more mundane parts of their new living situation, and head for the grocery store.
Jaden and Riley get to work setting up their new bunk bed with Blaire to keep them company. Riley does her best to keep her impending sense of dread to herself, but isn’t holding her breath for light at the end of the tunnel.
While Jaden and Riley return to routine, apartment 18 gets several unexpected visitors.
Jaden told Riley and Blaire that medicine just wasn’t her true calling, but her mother Josephine, insists otherwise.
Just who was that girl she mentioned? And how much of the story is Jaden not sharing with her new friends..?
Blaire seeks out a second opinion on Jaden’s “gender identity”, leaving Riley with questions she is unable to answer, yet too afraid to ask anyone else.
Meanwhile, Jaden heads out for lunch and some window-shopping with her coworker Violet, and Violet’s daughter, Faith.
CHAPTER 12: The Daughter of Meriam
In preparation for her first shift back at work, Jaden takes Shez up on her offer for a 1:1 self-defence refresher. Along with a boost in confidence, and finally being able to put the events of that one awful night to rest, Jaden learns that she and Shez are much more alike than she once thought.
CHAPTER 12.5: An Epilogue of Sorts
Sharing snip-its of how Shez and her family adjusted to life after Chris.
Riley and Blaire are all dressed up for Yonique’s Ballroom Night dance lesson, while Jaden works her first shift back.
The housewarming guest list grows. An unexpected dancer takes the floor. And Riley continues to worry about potential conflict between Blaire and every other woman in the bar. When things go awry, Riley is forced to stop simply hoping things will turn out for the best, and instead act to make them so.
