C H A P T E R 31 - Sam.

I pulled down the hem of the dress that I was wearing, feeling like it fit me too tightly, feeling like it was going to ride up and expose me to everyone. I knew that the chances of that actually happening were quite slim, but that didn’t mean that I wasn’t scared of it happening. I knew that it was better to be prepared for anything, because with everything that had already happened, I didn’t think that I would be able to handle something going wrong.

I felt rather exhausted. I might have stayed at Elijah’s house for the entirety of the afternoon, but what I hadn’t considered, was the fact that I had had nothing short of an incredibly active morning. I should have taken a nap or something, so that I would have been able to relax and recover from all of that. After all, I had known that all of this was going to happen. Admittedly, I hadn’t thought that it would be as much of an affair as this, but here we were.

Gwen was still walking with me, which was a miracle in itself, but even