she could handle it , she had expected that watching him become legally and morally entwined with Sarah would break her denial phase ,she wouldn't have to feel like it was a dream anymore but things
lid point di
th Elliot. He had visited her to seek closure, but he didn't even agree to come inside. He simply stood by the door, ap
st the hundredth time he had e
s. How could he expect her to understand that the man she had loved for four years was going to ma
wouldn't marry a black girl, and with her father and mine having invested so much toget
to understand how their love had be
ove me because I'm black ??Her parents are business partners with
ot what I
t understand how you can stand here and tell me y
y, unable to answ
d things to ha
re happenin
e. I wish there w
er head, tears f
couldn't you stand up for us? We were supposed to get m
and I'm
d pulled away, unable to bear the comfort
arder for me than it alre
s eyes, apologizing again and again
hem. Now, she was supposed to stay away from him because he was getting married, but
dressed elegantly in a silk dress , hoping that today she would teach her heart that reality had more power than delusion , the wedding was glamorous, thoug
uquet of beautiful, bright flowers, fo
," she said. "Yo
though surprise was evi
re. I didn't exp
wed the lump
o wish you both
kind of you,"
iot, who had been st
handsome gro
an expression she coul
air
away before he coul
y you
ely made it to the bathroom before she broke down, rushing to the sink
oman, but watching them sit hand in hand like two people d
mirror, wondering why she h
heard a knoc
are you
he door, and Elliot walked inside, looking
pale, Claire. You shouldn't be here. Coming here wo
s, trying to put some
she said again, forcing a smile as
reaching for her hands,took out a pie
d. "Please, go home. Don
ears while he stood beside her, listening
ere and watched you get married, I would finally accept that it was over. I thought I coul
didn't have
ed to. I wanted to
m, tears filling
nally understand that
ip on her hands, hi
don't sa
od before everyone and promised to love Sarah. What a
is head, una
haky breath and pu
houl
I hate seeing you
him a s
ouldn't have
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