Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter

641

I glanced back at the window. The amusement park, once eerie and dead quiet, was now lit up like a dream. Cheers from outside drifted in, muffled but unmistakable.

"It's back," Wayne muttered, eyes glued to the glowing scene beyond the glass.

"Ms. Kay, Mr. Johnston, look..." One of the tech guys pointed at the monitor, voice

tight.

I followed his gaze. The lights on the screen weren't stable anymore. They'd warped into messy, zigzagging streaks.

"There's still an issue," Wayne said, frowning hard.

For a beat, I just stared, heart pounding. Then, without thinking, I bolted for the door. I didn't stop running until I was outside. The noise hit me like a wall- screams, gasps, and excited chatter. A crowd was gathered, all pointing at the lights. "There are words up there!" someone shouted.

I tilted my head back, and my breath caught. The shifting lights sparked a memory-Hayden's proposal. My chest squeezed as I remembered the streamers, the words floating around me: [Kiki, marry me.]

"It says 'Kiki, marry me!""

"It's a proposal!"

""Who's Kiki?!"

someone would do this for

move. Tears blurred my vision as the lights

was

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written all over it. Nobody else could pull off something like this with the lights. This wasn't

for being reckless. So, he staged

point.

me like a punch to the chest. I started shouting,

Just the crowd, losing their

wanted to say yes. God, I wanted to.

cut out like someone had hit pause on the world. Even I couldn't make a

a split second, everything felt frozen,

suddenly, the lights exploded back on, brighter and more colorful than before, flooding the

world? It

Hayden had left behind-it was

me. He was next to me now, his

concern.

it was closing in on itself, trapping every

to say.

"Wayne said quietly. "The glitch must've triggered it to play again." Did I