He Faked Amnesia To Break Our Vows

with crimson wax when I heard my fianc

ten for me over the last seven years. He w

can delay the wedding without the family stopping t

Canary?" his

on't have fun with it. While she plays nurse,

ainy night, blinded by tears, until h

arm shattered, tasting blood

idn't ru

g body to comfort Chloe, who had

ss, looking at me with nothing but cold anno

me in th

is memory of his fiancée, but miraculously remembered his 'true love,

e thought the Canary wou

I knew where he hid

proposal, slammed my ring on the

verything. An

ecret incriminating journal in my

pte

Mill

invitation with hot wax when I heard my fia

r, pooling into the crest of the Reed family. A lion holding a rose.

racticed. Perfect. The

't just the heir to a business empire that operated in the city's grayest shado

s. The Plaza Hotel. It was the fairytale ending to a rom

my eyes. Haikus about my laugh. He told me I was the only pur

ieved

rs about his family, the "business," the *Omertà* code of silence that ruled his life. I told myself it

lightly. Not from fear, but from excitement. Two

udy was ajar. It w

t to disturb him; he'd mentioned imp

t, my footsteps absorbed by the

ff, Leo. I'

wasn't the soft, melodic voice he used

ice crackled through the speakerphone. "

d hovered over

Scotch. He was drinking. "If I have amnesia, I can delay the wedding without

l? The canar

o my stomach. "Ava will do what she always does. She'll wa

the hallway suddenly felt thi

amusement, "I get a hall pass. A medical exemption. I can't be held respon

aughed. "Is this about th

ild. Ava is just property. You don't ha

the doorframe to stop mysel

per

ve poems. Seven y

per

nt happens toni

the Porsche. A little fender bender.

ay. One ste

I was going. I just knew I had to ge

My vision was blurred. I stumbled out the

were shaking so hard I cou

per

nst the wet asphalt. I needed to go to Maya's. She

SUV running the red lig

adlights filled my world wit

metal screaming against metal, a