Chapter 12

"...And that's kinda where the want for my own bakery stemmed from. I want it to be a place where people can come to just be together and maybe have a good home baked good while they're at it." I finished off my unnecessarily long story. There was no need for me to tell him all the background information, but I found myself wanting to. For the first time in I don't even know how long, I wanted to let someone in and it fucking terrified me. The familiar suffocating feeling I've had ever since the accident came raring its fat, ugly head at me. My breathing began to quicken as my heart rate increased. Squeezing my eyes shut I tried focusing on one singular thing to anchor me back down to earth. Calm down. Calm down. Calm down. Hyper-focusing in on Troy's words, I found my body coming down from the panic-induced high by merely the soothing tone of his deep voice. I swallowed the lump in my throat and reopened my eyes. I thanked the heavens he hadn't n