Sophia’s POV
Time didn’t move normally after that.
It stretched.
Twisted.
Collapsed into itself.
I wasn’t even counting anymore.
Minutes… hours… it all felt the same.
My thoughts were loud.
Too loud.
But one thing kept pushing through everything else…
My parents were here.
And suddenly…
Nothing else mattered more than that.
I wiped my face quickly.
Not perfectly.
But enough.
Enough so they wouldn’t see me completely shattered.
I stood up.
My legs felt a little weak, but I steadied myself.
Took a breath.
Another.
Then I walked out.
Each step toward the living room felt heavier than it should have.
Because this…
This wasn’t how it was supposed to happen.
The first time my parents would meet him…
Colton Greene.
It wasn’t supposed to be like this.
Not in the middle
