SABRINA ULTRA

to tell what she knew to her. "You cannot make someone love you

what will happen, Benedict will never love her; this is something much harder to remember than the rest.Leila gen

ks, Mom for being here with me all the time," she cried saying these words.

han usual. "But he will do what's right."Sabrina met her gaze, her voice barely above a whisper. "What if I don't want him to marry me out of obligation?And then it's that Teresa lightly

er inability to spend the entirety of her life with him as he was.As the last minutes of her life bled away, she decided. Her dark gown cascaded to the floor like a curtain.

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oses and lilies combined in the gaiety of people mingling there. She stood before the mirror, and staring back at her was a figure that was beyond recognition to herself. The delicate lace of the wedding go

y, bright smile on her face, assuring a sense of warmth to her voice that s

na said, her voice trem

ila interjected, smoothing her hand across the nape of Sabri

usly. "I know, but.it's just so sudden. We've been fr

ponsibility what he did to you," Leila said softly. "Y

childhood sweetheart and first boyfriend, Benedict Thompson, had lost touch lately-a shadow of the boy she used to share intimate secrets with. He is this ide

beats of anticipation. She saw him, Benedict, in a tailored black suit, standing at the altar, every in

ain, warmer and softer, but it had vanished when he lowere

she loved didn't really want her. She struggled, pretending to feel something in his praise as they were pronounced husband and wife, but all he did was nod curtly.Later

, interested, b

hing alrig

look."It's just... I thought we'd be happ

he once danced blissfully had turned to be a playground for Benedict to exhibit his apathy. He danced with gusto, laughing and flirting with other girls. Every chime and twirl came to take a knife from the heart."Benedict, will you dance with me?" she finally gathered the

fore turning away to the side. She was crying.

o'd held her hand, making her feel the most important person in the world.But that was a boy, long gone, replaced by the man standing before her now - a man who looked right through her.She took one step back, falling once again into the shadows where no one could see the cracks beginning to form