Cassie honestly expected Sebastian to show up. He'd been solid from the beginning, but seeing Scarlet there too nearly knocked the breath out of her.
The woman rolled forward in her wheelchair, chin up, eyes steady, that familiar spark buried somewhere behind all the stillness in her body.
Cassie's throat tightened instantly. She hurried over and threw her arms around her. "Scarlet, you… you shouldn't have come all this way."
Scarlet arched a brow, the only part of her that really moved with ease. "And why not? It's your big day, Cassie. I wasn't going to sit at home scrolling through updates like some stranger. Please."
Her tone was light, but Cassie felt every weight behind the words. Every insecurity Scarlet once confessed, every fear about the stares, the whispers, the pi
