Chapter 22 | 4 Days
Cassie's POV _Fear is loud. But peace is louder._ 23,202 words. We needed 26,798 more to hit 50K. But today wasn’t about words. Today was about peace. Because tomorrow, war. Dante was already outside. Buying pandesal. “Cassie,” he said when he came back. Paper bag in his hands. Warm. “No court today.” “What?” “No lawyers. No papers. No Liza,” he said. “Today is for us.” Mimi ran to him. “Pandesal day!” He knelt. “Pandesal day, anak.” We ate on the balcony. 4B was small. But the sun was big. Golden on the railing. Mimi dipped pandesal in coffee. “Yucky!” Dante laughed. “Don’t drink coffee, baby.” I smiled. Real smile. First one in days that didn’t feel like it would break. My phone buzzed. *Atty. Mara:*
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