Chapter 287: Yes to Finding Love Again
SEDONA
I walked into the kitchen still holding the feeling of the empty court. The gold light. The ring catching against my finger every few seconds, like I needed to confirm it was real each time I felt it.
My mother saw my hand before I said a single word.
"Finally," she said. The sound that followed wasn't quite a gasp. Wasn't quite a sob. Just the immediate overflow of a woman who had been waiting for this exact moment for longer than she'd ever admitted out loud.
She had a list within ninety seconds.
"Venue," she said, already pulling out her phone, the same small notebook habit she'd brought to every major event in this family's life now translated to digital urgency. "Season, I'm assuming you'd want it before winter, given everything, but
