Claimed By My Best Friend’s Daddy
I traced the engraved words slowly, a small, secret smile tugging at the corners of my lips despite everything.
For the girl who reads her way out of every cage.
It felt like a promise. Like he saw me, really saw the parts of me that had spent years trying to escape loneliness, foster homes, the ache of never quite belonging. The smile lingered for a heartbeat before guilt crashed in like cold water. Mirabel’s face from yesterday flashed behind my eyes, bright, trusting, and calling me her sister with zero hesitation. My best friend. The girl who had chosen me when no one else had.