Kat:
Afterward, we didn’t waste a second.
Blaze, Phoenix, and I went straight to dress shopping. No time to overthink, no time to second-guess. Just joy. Spontaneous, wild happiness.
Phoenix skipped ahead of us, her little boots tapping against the tile floor as we walked into the boutique. Blaze looked completely out of place—towering, tattooed, and glaring like someone might try to rob us with lace—but he was here. With me. With us.
He bent down beside Phoenix when we passed the flower girl section.
“What do you think, sunshine?” he asked her, his tone soft and warm, like she held the moon in her hands.
She gasped, hands flying to her cheeks. “THIS ONE!”
It was a pink ruffled dress, all tulle and sparkle and chaos. She clutched it like it was spun from sugar.
“Looks like cotton c
