All Chapters of With All My Love: Chapter 81 - Chapter 84

PastAnnabelle asked around for Patrick. Some knew, some didn’t. Others just stared at her swollen belly, now seven months along. She was so damn tired. Natasha had offered to come when Annabelle had told her, but she had declined. Annabelle wanted to do this alone. It was her responsibility. Her burden to bear.She walked through the campus, a sprawling, beautiful place filled with students laughing and chatting. She felt like an alien, a ghost haunting a place she didn’t belong. The air was thick with the scent of freshly mowed grass and the promise of a bright future. A future she was no longer a part of. She had made a promise to herself a long time ago: she wouldn’t be like her mother. But here she was, in a different kind of mess, but a mess nonetheless.Just as she was about to give up, she saw him. His hair was shorter now, but it was still him. He stood among the students, a thick book in one hand and instruments in the other. He looked at home, like he belonged. If he turned

One year later Jesse and I had a long conversation, a real one.We discussed everything: the past, the future, regrets, and what-ifs. But I never told him what happened between Cassidy and me. Some things are better left buried. I wanted them to work it out themselves, free from old mistakes.So they did.They started couples therapy, and it wasn’t easy. Still, they were trying. They were healing.And the bookshop?I finally found someone to take over the one in New Orleans. Today was the grand opening of my second store, Susan’s, named after Patrick’s mother. It felt right, honoring her this way, keeping her spirit alive in the books she loved.Patrick also moved his work here. He said it wouldn’t affect his career, but we both knew he just wanted to be here. With us. With me.Oh, and Michaela? She quit months ago. I never asked why—I didn’t care to.But the most precious thing, the thing that mattered most, was Henry and Patrick. Nothing else could compare.Their bond had been slow