We Met in Kindergarten

By Jobic Chakalisa

They called it the Republic of Later-half joke, half promise-made by kids who thought they'd always come back.

Now Ione Bexley has come back, and nothing is simple. The old rowhouse is buckling. A developer is circling. And the people she once loved are standing in doorways with unfinished sentences and truths she never asked to hear. Cassian returns with a paper bird and a mistake he's finally ready to own. Bram shows up with tools and regret. Neighbors arrive with paint-streaked hands and their own stake in the place.

As fundraising jars fill and pressure rises, the house becomes a test: of memory, of loyalty, of what a community is willing to fight for when a second chance finally arrives.

Will Ione save the promise they made-or let someone else rewrite it?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0G7KXZVHH
• ISBN13: 9798231382842
• Release Date: December 2025
• Publisher: Jobic Chakalisa
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"