Replaced Bride, Vengeful Heart
ur final, explosive arguments before the vow renewal. "You sit at ho
t empire. He had forgotten the all-nighters I pulled, the str
divorce then, an
say that, Ally-cat. I love you. Let' s fix this. I' ll even do that vow renewal yo
e. We couldn' t afford a real wedding, let alone a honeymoon. He had pr
ong forgotten, or perhap
ge, a foolish part of me clung to it like a life raft. A flicker of h
detail, from the flowers to the font on the invitations.
t hope and crus
felt nothing. Not love, not hat
years. I woke up not to an alarm, but to the sun
ens of missed calls fro
I let it ring a few t
you?" he demanded, h
, too," I said, my t
other called. She said you weren' t there
me. To remind me of the ro
rising. "You promised you would take care of th
uine, not bitter. The sheer nerve
ing and cruel. His mother, Dorthea, was a cold, elitist snob who looked at me with open disdain, as if I were the hired help. Th
as finally free,