No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

I kept my eyes locked on Dustin. The moment he spoke, I knew what was up.

"Felicia," Dustin murmured my name, "don't overthink it."

Overthink?

I hadn't, not until he mentioned it. Now, the thought wouldn't leave me alone. "Mom and Dad know too, right?!"

My question sounded more like a confirmation.

They'd raised me for years; of course, they knew my blood type.

"Felicia, when they took you into the Wagner household, they assumed responsibility for you. Knowing these details is just part of that, nothing wrong," Dustin tried his best to explain. Sure, they knew about my rare blood type, the same as Conrad's. Nothing wrong with that.

But they never mentioned it, which felt off.

aren't you speaking? Please, don't jump to conclusions. My parents love you like their own. They wouldn't think poorly of you," Dustin continued, his sincerity evident. Yet, the phrase 'the lady doth protest too

not a child anymore. "Dustin, I hadn't

the last

Dustin's expression faltered. "Felicia..."

will you?" I didn't believe Dustin had bad intentions, but what he said really got my

doubt is planted,

Dustin packed for me, my mind wandered to my arranged

about arranging a marriage for

them, vowing to never marry just to stay

conversation ended there until the Wagners took me in. It was Herschel and Jacqueline who. mentioned Conrad as my intended, claiming it was a promise made by

shared the same rare blood type? Were they

were Herschel and Jacqueline the ones who, upon discovering my unique blood type, fabricated

lifesaver?

the worst of them, but the coincidence of Conrad and me, both with rare blood types, nearly ending up married seemed too convenient. And no one in the