About to Fall: A Romance by Brooke St. James

Author:Brooke St. James [St. James, Brooke]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-05-04T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

The venue was small, and I stood in the two-stall women's restroom, staring at myself in the mirror.

I carried a compact of powder with me, and I used it sometimes in my car, but I wasn't usually the type to powder my nose in a public restroom. No one was in there with me, though, and a few tears had fallen onto my cheeks as I walked this way, so I decided to use a little.

I dug in my small purse and retrieved the powder. I experienced waves of emotion. I was happy and grateful for Micah and my newfound feelings for him, and that made me so very sad that he was leaving. I knew it was irrational for me to be so emotional when Micah had come and gone so many times before, but feelings were irrational sometimes. I couldn't stop myself from crying. A few more tears fell as I stood there, but it only took seconds for me to get myself together and finish powdering my cheeks. I was caught in the act, however, by my mom's sister.

"Hey Aunt Millie," I said, practicing my unaffected tone as I performed one last swipe of powder under my eyes.

"Aw, sweetheart," she said. It sounded like she felt sorry for me, and I looked her way to see that she was coming toward me with open arms. I hugged her. "I cried like a baby the day your uncle Jason got married," she said. "There's just something about brothers getting married. Ari seems like such a nice girl, though."

"Oh, I'm happy for Isaac. I love Ari."

"I know, but it's still hard. You almost feel like you're losing a brother."

My feelings had nothing to do with that. Isaac hadn't crossed my mind. I was not sad at all about his wedding. But I also wasn't going to get into details about my real feelings.

"If anything, they're happy tears," I said, powdering my face again just to have something to do with my hands. "I'm happy for them."

"Me too," she agreed.

It seemed like she was content with my explanation because she smiled and nodded and made her way into one of the stalls. I stared at myself for a few more seconds. I was relatively sure I didn't look like I had been crying. Aunt Millie had only known because she saw me wiping my eyes when she came in. I decided I was confident enough to head back out there, and I assumed I wouldn't be asked any questions about it.

I found Micah instantly. He was talking to my parents and Ryan. Birdy and Uncle Jim were close by, and I walked that way. I hated to waste a single second being apart from him, and I moved quickly toward them.

That suit was flawless on Micah. He looked like he should be in a movie, and he smiled casually and comfortably with my family like he always did. I wanted to run to him and throw myself into his arms.

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