Chapter 14 - Years Later, Sophie Returned to the Bakery Where I First Answered Her Hands, and Adrian Finally Gave Me the Vow He Had Been Too Afraid to MakeYears passed.
Sophie grew.
She became confident.
I stayed in her life.
Adrian stayed too.
One night, he returned to the bakery.
He brought me the same kind of chocolate-chip cookie.
Then he signed:
I love you.
I stared.
“You learned.”
He smiled.
“For you.”
Then he asked:
Will you stay?
I signed:
Yes.
May you like
Sophie watched from the doorway.
She laughed.
