Chapter 50: Epilogue: The Fire Escape, Always

Eight months later, on a warm June evening, Maddie Okafor became Maddie Reyes in a small backyard ceremony that she had, despite her own professional instincts toward elaborate production, insisted stay simple — just the people who mattered most, string lights strung between the trees by Cole and a slightly-too-drunk Theo, flowers from her own studio arranged by Priya under Maddie's careful direct...