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I step forward.
This one is a multicolored sunset background, with a crown so perfect and gold, it looks like it’s floating. Like I could pluck it out of the air.
I turn, slowly moving in a circle, taking in the complete collection.
There are so many.
A crown that looks to be made of smoke, lying in the grass.
A crown tipped on the edge of amotel vacancysign.
A crown sitting on top of a giant diamond ring.
My breath is choppy.
It’s our moments.
All of our moments together.
There’s a smaller one, and I have to step closer to see what it is.
A gummy bear. A ridiculously realistic pink gummy bear with a crown on his head.
I don’t…
I don’t understand.
There’s one more, over in the corner. And it’s different.
All of Savannah’s paintings are unframed. The canvas stretched around the wooden structure, so she can paint all the way around the edges, so there’s no visible frame.
Except for this one.
This one is all white. A simple image of a crown in shades of white on a white background, just like the one…
I step forward and touch the dark wood that’s been attached to the outside of the canvas. My fingers coming back tinged black. Because the wood is charred.
Because it’s the frame from the painting she burned.
The frame of the painting that started it all.
And now it’s here.
I turn to face Savannah, who’s only a few strides away.
There’s a torrent of emotions crashing inside my chest, so I say the only word I can manage. “Why?”
She lifts one shoulder, “Because I fell in love with you.”
CHAPTER91
Savannah
King staresat me like he can’t believe me.
Like hewon’tbelieve me.
I watch his throat work. “How?”
