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But he couldn’t fix his daughter He couldn’t help her, and it was slowly killing him inside

The last four and a half years, I’d watched as he’d slowly lost hope

But I’d seen a side of him yesterday, a side that I’d missed

“Pace and Oakley are going to get married,” I said into the quiet of the room about two hours later

We were in the waiting area—a private one seeing as Octo roo room that was rarely ever used A fact in which you could tell seeing as the damn chairs were so old that even when I sat in them, they creaked And rity of the seats, but so far they’d held up

Trance, who’d been staring at the door like a lost puppy since we’d arrived in this room, slowly turned his head toward me

I could tell that I had Ford’s and Banner’s eyes, too

“What did you just say?” Banner asked, sounding adorably confused

“You heard“They’re going to get married”

Trance shook his head, like he couldn’t believe as co out of my mouth

“Are you okay?” Ford asked, sounding a nonsense”

There were a few chuckles fronored them

I grinned then

“When I walked out of the room, I stopped at the nurses’ station That was how I knehere to go while they were in surgery,” I explained

“And…” Ford pushed

“Well, apparently Pace stopped the a panic attack,” I said,Trance tense beside me “He made them push each other close, and he took her hand and calmed her down”

“That’s Pace,” Ford grinned “He’s always been like that, though That doesn’tto marry her”

“After he was done talking her down, he told her that they were going out on a date after they were all better” I smiled “And she said yes”

“Just because she agreed to a date doesn’t reed to marry him, Mom” Banner rolled his eyes

My lips curved into a smile

“TrustIt’s a matter of when now, not if”

Nobody refuted that because they didn’t knohat to say to it, I was sure

“Why doesn’t Pace have anybody here waiting on him?” Banner suddenly asked