Chapter 1359 Falling in Love Again (XIII)

• Chadwick Fullner kissed her back, losing himself in it, the two of them twining together all over again. In that moment, past and future, everything else just faded out. The world seemed to clear a tiny corner just for the two of them—two people covered in scars—so they could hide there for a while and hold each other up. Whatever tomorrow brought—even if it was a storm, even if it meant a harder goodbye or something worse—this moment belonged only to them, only to love.
• And just like that, in a way and for reasons no one saw coming, they found their way back to each other. Their hearts settled, too. Miss Sawyer had found her own love and turned a brand-new page; she was happy now. So what excuse did they have to keep forcing themselves to stay trapped in the hell of the past? Why not open their arms and welcome what’s next? Sure, you can’t just shake off everything that happened overnight. But they’d already thought through a thousand what-ifs. They’d given each other time. Life was long. Since they’d decided to walk hand in hand all the way to the end, they weren’t afraid of these bumps. There was time—plenty of time—to take it slow.
• Finn was the happiest of all. Kids are sharper than adults, and a kid like Finn—who’d fought through split personalities—felt the shifts between grown-ups even more clearly. Before, Samantha Wembley and Chadwick Fullner only pretended, trying to comfort him and take care of him. But now they’d ended up together naturally, and all those tiny changes felt natural too. Finn couldn’t put it into words, but he could feel Daddy and Mommy getting closer than before. He was over the moon, and he kept pestering them: “Daddy, Mommy, when am I getting a little brother or sister?”