He punishes her for the first time…
Feelings start to get involved.
Things start to change…
Everything comes crashing down.
Fear wins.
Fuck him. The heroine saves herself in this one.
52
GRACE
The Sweet Bean smells like home in a way few places do. Roasted coffee beans, a hint of cinnamon from the pastries behind the counter, and the faint must of old books lining the community shelf in the corner. It’s a tiny hole-in-the-wall a few blocks from my family’s farm and has been my favorite coffee shop since I was a teenager.
I’m settled into my favorite booth, a caramel latte in front of me, staring at the laptop screen, my fingers hovering over the keyboard, but the ending eludes me.
I need a grand gesture, something to redeem the hero now that both characters have processed their feelings and realized they love each other. But nothing comes to me.
My heroine is better off on her own, honestly. Since they’ve broken up, she’s had to face her fear of failure, and once she finished her binging ice cream and crying phase, she realized that she didn’t need him or his money to make her dreams come true.
She had everything she needed within herself.
But it’s not a romance if they don’t end up together, even if I have no desire to write him begging for her to come back. I savethe document and attach it to an email for Kacey, hoping she’ll have an opinion for me.
Grace
Just sent you the updated draft. Be honest when you read it.
Her response comes immediately.
Kacey
