Chapter 28

I tossed and turned that night. I couldn't fall asleep if it would have saved my life. If only Adam were here.

I shook my head and turned over.

You don't need him to fall asleep, silly girl. You did it just fine without him for the past twenty years. I sighed. I knew he was mad at me for waiting until that day to bring up my promise to Mrs. Chandler.

I should have never let things get as far as they did. It would have been better if I had just mentioned it to him from the beginning. Nonetheless, I had laid awake and seriously considered what would happen if I forgot about the promise like I almost had the

day before.

I knew, at the end of the day, it didn't matter. I had met the man I was going to be with for the rest of my life, there were no questions about that. I didn't have to worry about him hurting me or leaving me.

But there was a knot in my throat at the thought of breaking a promise. You were fourteen, you didn't know what you were doing when you made that promise!

But it wa