Between Petals and Memories

with both Katrina and Daniel carefully testing the waters, unsure

would find her like this-not after everything she had been through. Yet, every time Daniel came into the shop, she felt a little more

mile on his face, but there was something else th

voice easy, though there was a

plied, trying to keep her voice st

ard." He paused, his eyes meeting hers. "I'm starting to see what you meant. It's not about forgett

ard, even when it felt impossible. But hearing Daniel say it, seeing him take the first s

ice filled with sincerity. "It's not easy,

while, it reached his eyes completely. He look

t you," he said quietly. "You'v

her feel. "I didn't do anything," she said, but her voice trembled with the emotio

his tone serious now. "And I'm starting to think that...

known this moment might come, but hearing him

full of uncertainty. "Because I don't want t

not rushing anything, Katrina. I just... I think we both deserve the chance to see wh

she had built around her heart were finally starting to crumble. Maybe t

d, her voice trembling. "I think I'd

se faded away. It was just the two of them, standing th

ecause I've never been more ce

g the quiet shift in the air. It was as if a new chapter was beginning for both

ace between them. "I should go," he said with a reluctant smile. "But I'll be back tom

eart swell at his words. "I'll be her

ad let herself believe in love once before, and it had been taken from her. But now, she wasn't

e believed that perhaps, just perhaps, sh