Ruin Me Slowly, Daddy~~
she said, tilting her head as she studied me like I was a puzzle she was determined to solve, “like… where is my overthinking best friend who panics about everything? You’re acting like you found inner peace or something and I don’t trust it.”
I let out a small laugh, shaking my head.
“Maybe I’m just growing,” I said, shrugging slightly, because honestly, that sounded believable enough.
She stopped walking.
Actually stopped.
And turned to me slowly like I had just said the most ridiculous thing she had ever heard in her life.
“Kate,” she said seriously, placing a hand on my shoulder like she was about to deliver bad news, “if you grow any more, you will leave me behind, and I cannot survive