Epilogue
Gemma
Six months later - Spring
Several months passed after the legal trial, and I felt like I’d fully closed the chapter on the part of my past I’d struggled to shake loose. My former coach had been convicted on multiple charges and was currently serving his sentence. The slice of my past was finally staying in the past, instead of the lingering after-effects chasing me into the future.
Diamond Creek felt like home for me now, and I loved it. I was at the bank with Diego, a decidedly unromantic setting. The woman helping us had stepped out of her office, leaving us alone while we waited.
I looked at Diego who was sitting beside me in a chair. “Are you sure about this?”
“Absolutely,” he said without the slightest hesitation.
We were in here about to finalize the paperwork t
