Chapter Ten
Mia
My heart is beating in my throat, my hand shaking a little, as I put my signature on the paper in front of me. I’m the last of us to sign, the guys have already gone before me, and after me are just my parents left. I watch on as they sign too, Dad finally putting the pen down with an audible thud.
The house is now officially ours. We’ve been living in it for months, and it’s definitely ‘our’ house by now, with everything we’ve done on it, but with this piece of paper, these signatures, it’s now also ours by law and that’s a different experience.
I hug Mum and then Dad, my cheeks hurting from smiling so much and my heart won’t quiet down.
“Congratulations.” Dad grins. “Now you get to do all the ‘responsible homeowner’ things.”
“Thanks.” I laugh. “I think that’ll be f
