Chapter 29

This is what I kept telling myself, and what I firmly stated to Katie at least three times a day. She is a very good sport about letting me wallow in tangents like this, and just nods her head and says “yes, of course” while going on about her business. She and Marzipan had both made it perfectly clear that they thought Chris and I were well-suited, and that Chris was a far better catch than I deserved. They flat-out refused to commiserate with me when I started with “if only…”