Chapter 29

Chapter 29Katy’s POVEverywhere is really noisy but it’s more quiet in my head.Not the crowd. Not the music drifting faintly from somewhere outside the room. Not even the fact that in like what thirty minutes? less? I’m supposed to walk down an aisle and get married.No.It’s this.This stillness.I stare at my reflection, tilting my head slightly like maybe, just maybe. I’ll recognize the girl staring back if I look at her from a different angle.She looks calm.Which is strange.Because I’ve imagined this moment before well, not imagined exactly, more like avoided imagining it and in every version, there was panic. Cold feet. A dramatic exit plan. Something.But now?Nothing.Just this steady, quiet feeling sitting somewhere in my chest.Weird.“Stop overthinking,” I mutter to myself.Then pause.“…actually, no, think. Just don’t spiral.”Great. Helpful.A soft knock pulls me out of it.I don’t answer immediately. For a second, I just stand there, staring at the door like it might

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Chapter 30

Chapter 30 THE END!!!! Katy’s POV After two years of this I’m still yet to get used to the smell of it. Not the noise. Not the chatter or the low hum of people existing around me. Not even the sound of the espresso machine hissing like it has an attitude problem. No. it’s the smell of coffee. Warm. Bitter. Familiar. Like Home. I didn’t think I’d ever associate one place with staying. That used to feel really impossible. Like trying to hold water in my hands then give it a second and it’s gone, slipping through before you even realize you’re losing it. And yet, here I am. Still here. “Mom!” I barely have time to turn before a small body crashes into my legs, nearly knocking me off balance. “Whoa! hey, easy,” I laugh, instinctively reaching down to steady him. He doesn’t slow down though. Of course he doesn’t. He looks up at me, eyes bright, a little too proud of himself. “I helped!” I raise a brow. “You helped? How exactly?” A pause. Then, with ful

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