Abandoned in White

t there it was, echoing through the church like

d in white, waiting for a man who was

e soft melody so many times it n

thousand bricks, yet these were the beautiful flowers I had specifically asked for. He loved them as well. I stared at the doub

did

orming in my throat and my eyes were starting to fill up

The whispers. The judge

r gi

he see th

omparison between the both of us weighed me down most times

adn't turned to look at me once. Not even when the murmurs grew lo

was thinking.

ak women chased. For someone who's been in five faile

s. I felt a full ache spreading

eyes kind but worried. "Sweethear

lieved her, but pretending was

No calls, no explana

inside me finally cracked. I tu

licking against the marble. The veil slipped o

e church, each one feeling like a decision I couldn't take bac

my heart pounding like it want

heels, sharp and co

ase dreams that don't belong to you," she

k up. "He wa

still

the smudged makeup, the undone dres

honestly didn't know how those words seemed helpful in thi

e, but I'm done shrinking to fit

into silence for the

"Not just this church,

ou go?" Her voice

I replied. "I'l

b. No apartment. No

t," I repeated, th

mechanism to keep me bound, especially as Cindy was gone. This time however, I didn't c

I was choos

t bring me back here. Not to a family that only ever saw me thro

of my forever, and maybe it still was

me. I, on the other hand, couldn't wait to se