Jamie had just moved back to the valley in 2022. He’d only been living in Harlingen for 10 months before fate intervened and had him wiggle his way into Anissa’s life. He had frequented a local bar downtown where Anissa’s sister, Sierra, coincidentally worked at. One day, without knowing each other (yet), Jamie complimented a shirt Anissa was wearing. She said thank you but didn’t think anything of it. A few weeks later, Anissa was going to dinner for her birthday, but had to pick Sierra up from work. She went upstairs in her pink birthday dress to wait for her. When she was about to pull up a chair, somebody did it for her. Jamie, being the gentleman he is, asked Anissa if she would like to sit next to him. She was wary because he was a stranger to her, still, something about him calmed her, so she sat down. Jamie began to make conversation with her and Anissa actually enjoyed his company. So when he asked for her phone number, she gave it to him. They went on a park date that week where they shared burgers while getting to know each other. And the rest was, well, you know how it goes.