Epilogue

Jade

“Hurry up, Jade! We’re going to be late!” Zach’s voice came through the door.

“Hold up,” I yelled back. “You took a lot longer in the bathroom and you know it!”

He didn’t have a thing to say against that, and I smirked.

It was hard for me not to take my time, though. After all, my stomach was a lot bigger now, and while not fully grown yet since I was only in the second half of my third month, the lump was big enough to be visible even under my clothes, no matter how baggy. Still, stepmom somehow managed to get me the right dress to make it a little subtle, and I had to settle it just right on my form so no one could tell, even when I walked around.

Today was the open day for our bakery, both mine and Zach’s. Once we both enrolled in culinary school, he’d decided to drop his original plans for university, because of course Zach had plans. We’d graduated from high school, and we had the rest of our lives ahead of us.

Finally getting my dress to settle right, I left the bathroom.