ANA'
ve home with a he
st felt so tight it hurt to breathe. Thoughts cro
is how
done for him, he coul
y cheeks as the road b
Lucas been see
s? Mo
ghing behind my back while I
heart felt like it was being torn apart piece by pie
told myself. Not today.
reached home,
und was fu
d guests had al
around eagerly-waiting for me. A sharp pain pierced my chest. For a mom
ke nothing happened
for
y, took a deep breath, an
her-in-law saw me,
exclaimed. "My beauti
proudly as her son's wife. Every word felt like a
er, she pulled me
y, my darling wife
shattere
ly she
ad already destroyed the ma
d familiar faces filled the space. Everyone looked joyful, dressed nicely, smiling brightly. I e
eeted me
annive
ratula
r home be
ened the pain. My body was there, but my mind was still stuc
eant to be a
t like the buria
to appear calm. No one noticed the storm raging inside me.
y bedroom and closed th
down co
shook with every sob. I felt
I done to d
loved and respected
st, my future. I stood by him when he had not
was how he
d by my
by my be
se from downstairs-cheers
had a
ashed my face, and stared at myself in the m
, I told myself. At l
the hallway, some
t see Luca
ld he be?
was nowhere in sight. A strange heaviness se
e pushed me toward
was slig
ushe
world co
uc
nes
get
I was seeing. The pain was t
escaped
ything we
yes again, white wa
filled the air. Machines
in a ho
but the pain in my h
head slowly
standing be
knew my life would ne
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