clinking glasses, but all Lily heard was the
as g
al thing left in that jeweled cage of
h the crowd, ignoring the gasps and stares. The skirt of her lavender gown tangled at her ankles, but sh
oftly, her voice cra
rble, echoing desperation, until
er's voice thunder
harply. "Dad,
y from the corridor and deeper into the estate. "You're
"What about what I want? Or
oes the legacy we built. One doe
ts marble, its mirrors, its coldness dressed as wealth. And right now, she ha
crowd parting around
mile had soured. "It's not polite to leave y
her bare arm, a whisper of skin on silk. But then he gripped
me," he murmured. "Not unl
n and pressed a rough kiss against h
ugh for the crowd to suspect something but th
er do tha
ng beneath his tailored surface-but before he
enough
, voice even but rigid. "But she's going to
o said sharply. "
at Lily, then at her father. His jaw twit
issues, my daughter is handling a lot of pressu
nnequin on display, her skin itching under every star
coul
ing, she left
at small apart
ould even knock, as if he'd bee
il
hrowing herself into his arms. "I
ou held her as if he
he said. "Let'
th caugh
an go anywhere-Mexico, Europe-wherever the
he wed
his eyes igniting into fire. "You show up. Wait outside. But before yo
embled. "Ar
ve never been more sure
ly the day o
ly embroidered lace, diamonds stitched into the veil. It was worth more t
hem spoke about anything. Celeste had grown quieter
her mother whispered
d at her a
trembled. But
nalists. Everyone came to see the union of war and wealth-the Cruz heires
here were flashes everywhere but there was another in the car: Rihanna. Her
switched clothes with Rihanna. She wore a veil and slipped out of the car with no
, polished like a predator in a wedding
d her to walk down the aisle
chair. She screamed and Rihanna alongside a few other people went but coul
UNAWAY
she didn't care because she was about to run
as definitely going to make Lily regret this action
he International
et, oddly serene for
sprinting beneath her ribs. The veil wa
hadn't
again. It was 11:53
ing. The airline staff checked their records. Nothi
. Then 12:30.
led. No
alled
t to vo
in. A thousand questions
get c
change
ther trick b
o
o
ve it. He loved her.
r hour
her. The plane w
planned to le
into her bones. Her gown wrinkled as she sank deeper into the stiff plastic airp
a shattered plan, and a wedding