Love Yourself

her there and they had parted ways after several hours of searching for the perfect dress. Gabriella had ch

ch. This dress would perfectly cover the scars on her wrists that marred her once perfect bronze skin. Gabriella pulled bac

bridal gown in it tightly to her chest as she climbed out of the car. The driver cleared his throat before Gabriella cou

it back to her. The driver then rolled away as Gabriella made

id to her. “You clearly don’t belong here. Please leave t

She needed to find Alexander’s business card so she could go in, but no m

now I just had it.” She mu

o leave. We can’t have y

e street. She didn’t have a phone or way to get in touch with Mr. Alexander nor Laura. She s

t the building when a familiar

the doors to her own home?” It was Alexa

barrassed. “My apologies ma’am, I did no

id smudging her makeup. She stepped awkwardly up to Alexander and delicately placed her ha

to the top floor, nor to being so high up above the city, but already

room after you have put away

Mr. Alexande

k into the dining room. Alexander pulled out a chair for her t

g over to Gabriella. “This is a mobile phone for you. It has my number and Laura’s number progra

else I need to contact.

d stepped towards his office. He paused in the doorway. “I have taken the liberty of having your clothes brought here from your apartment and had the place cleaned ou

refully picked up the cloth by the shoulders and pulled it free of the cardboard. She then moved to stand in front of the wardrobe mirror with the dress in front of her. She didn’t love it, but what ch

She stared at herself in the mirror. “Get ahold of yourself and forget about finding happiness here.” She tore back her sleeve and took

better

. She grabbed handfuls of her long hair and pulled on them tightly, trying

It shattered and the sound of broken glass showering the hard floor like tiny drops of glass rain filled the room. Pain.