Lucy Knott

chirpily and hurriedly

for good measure,

safety of the grass

my voice a touch skittish

Now I’m letting that all go. It doesn’t matter anymore; what matters is that Hannah loves me enough to want to marry me, and how could I say no to that?

First published in the UK in 2024 by Head of Zeus, part of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

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Romance was not a word commonly uttered in my house,

-expensive heels, because according to my soon-to-be mother-in-law, I was under no circumstances allowed to walk down the aisle barefoot.

They managed a rough three years before my dad walked out, never to be heard from again.

‘when you know, you know.’