Chapter 13 - Six Months Later, Mia Walked Down the Aisle Carrying Flowers—But She Wasn't Walking Toward Her DaddySix months later, Adrian proposed.
Not in a restaurant.
Not in front of cameras.
He proposed in our kitchen.
Mia had made a paper ring.
Adrian got down on one knee.
“Claire Bennett, will you marry me?”
Mia whispered:
“Say yes.”
I laughed.
“Yes.”
Mia screamed.
Nathaniel stood in the doorway.
He smiled.
At the wedding, Mia carried flowers.
Nathaniel walked her halfway down the aisle.
Then he gave her hand to me.
Adrian waited.
The three of us looked at each other.
A broken family had become something unexpected.
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Not perfect.
But real.
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